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PFO (USA), Product Review

PFO 2020/01

It’s no secret that I like to tweak. In fact, I made a name for myself and built a huge following in my early writing career writing about such minutiae. My third paid audio writing gig (after folding the audio analyst© that I had founded in 1988), saw me at full throttle on that mission in the mid 1990s. In my three years at that online journal, aside from writing twenty-three hardware reviews, ten media reviews (music and film), and three musings on different subjects from the virtues of vinyl to demystifying the underlying technology and resultant sonic characteristics of different loudspeaker cable constructions, I also wrote thirty-five tweaking articles that appeared in a monthly column.

Product Review, The Absolute Sound (USA)

The Absolute Sound 2011/08

If you are a lover of the vinyl long- playing disc, this unit from Furutech will be one of those all-too-rare “must- have” components. There is information in those grooves that is always being obscured, minimized, and dulled by the interaction between the magnetism on the disc and the electronics of a cartridge.

Enjoy the music (USA), Product Review

Enjoy the music 2009/11

DeStat
This enterprising Japanese company makes a number of interesting accessories as well as a broad range
of cable products. The DeStat ($360) is a hand-held battery-powered device that eliminates static charges
by blowing a gentle stream of positively and negatively charged charged ions. Traditionally the greatest
use for static eliminators has been with LPs, but static can be a problem not only with media CD and DVD
use for static eliminators has been with LPs, but static can be a problem not only with media CD and DVD
discs as well as LPs but also with cables and hardware components.

PFO (USA), Product Review

PFO 2009/08

If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’re presumably among the converted: a true-blue audiophile who has no
question that there are profound qualitative differences to be heard between different amplifiers, preamplifiers, and CD
players—not to mention cables, cords, power conditioners, equipment racks, and even footers. On the other side of the
audio divide are the debunkers: those who think those differences are usually at best negligible, and who view
audiophiles as pitiable obsessive-compulsives who delude themselves into hearing distinctions that aren’t really there.

Haute Fidelite (France), Product Review

Haute Fidelite 2009/05

C e nouvel accessoire Furutech a le mérite d’être original et, dans sa conception, de ne pas faire les choses à moitié. Il se présente comme une sorte de crêpière (si, si), mais pour- tant ne chauffe pas… Il démagnétise. Conçu pour les disques vinyle de 30 cm de diamètre, son grand plateau peut aussi rece- voir plusieurs disques CD en même temps, ou des câbles modu- lation, haut-parleurs ou secteur. Bref, l’objet sera vite rentabilisé dans le cadre d’une installation haute-fidélité complète et digne de ce nom. L’intérêt majeur est de ne pas faire appel à des aimants statiques tournants. Quand c’est le cas, en fin de déma- gnétisation et si vous ne retirez pas doucement l’objet à déma- gnétiser, c’est l’effet inverse de celui recherché qui se produit, au moins sur une partie de l’objet en question! Ici, la procédure de démagnétisation est électrique, avec montée et descente pro- gressives du phénomène entraînant la démagnétisation. En pra- tique, une fois le DeMag mis sous tension, on appuie sur une seconde touche, qui s’illumine en vert pour, au bout de quelques dizaines de secondes, s’éteindre, indiquant la fin du processus. Et c’est tout. Nous avons essayé le DeMag avec des disques vinyle, puis CD, puis des câbles de modulation. Tous ces élé- ments sont effectivement sensibles à une magnétisation progres- sive, puis permanente, si l’on peut dire.

HiFi World (UK), Product Review

HiFi World 2008/10

FURUTECH DEMAG £1,245 In my column In September’s HHFI World, I covered a range of gadgets that claimed to demagnetise both your vinyl and CDs. Magnetic effects on both black vinyl and CD media have now proven to be a factor in degrading sound quality. Certainly, when I made comparative tests with ‘The Talisman’ from US-based Walker Audio, priced at £200 (www. audiophilecandy.com) and Bedini’s ‘Ultra Clarifier Quadri Beam’, priced at £225

Product Review, Sound & Vision (Hungary)

Sound & Vision 2007/12

Harmadik típusú találkozások Azt történt Kedves Olvasóink, hogy nemrégiben egy UFO landolt szerkesztőségünkben. A szerkezet további szemrevételezése során a tükörtojás- illetve palacsinta sütő lehe- tősége is felmerült, de mivel bekapcsolás után nem melegedett fel a platni így rá kellett jönnünk, hogy csak a Furutech DeMag-netizálójával lehet dolgunk!

Product Review, Son Image (Canada)

Son Image 2007/12

Le DeMag de Furutech est un appareil qui permet la déma- gnétisation des supports disques et accessoires audio et vidéo dans le but de supprimer les interférences magné- tiques affectant la résolution des CD, DVD, SACD, DVD Audio, vinyles et d’améliorer l’efficacité des prises AC et connec- teurs de câbles. Ce produit s’est vu attribuer une distinction dans la catégorie Best Innovations 2007 au Consumer Electronics Show de Las Vegas (CES 2007).

Product Review, Soundstage (USA)

Soundstage 2007/08

“There was more detail and clarity. The tonal accuracy of instruments improved … each instrument sounded more
realistic. The sound after treatment was more vivid, and the background was quieter… I realized I was hearing just as
much high-frequency information after demagnetization, but a previously unrealized distortion had been removed. …
made each LP more pleasant to listen to … another example of the listener not realizing a distortion was present until
it had been removed.”

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