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Furutech copper 15A - informal review

Posted by bartc (A) on December 29, 2006 at 08:16:24

OK, so I broke down and invested in one of these duplexes for my wall box that feeds my entire system.

Out of the box I was impressed with the build quality. That this thing was made of high quality (mass anyway) copper and plastic (or nylon) was obvious. I also found it impossible to safely split the outlets with the breakaway tab (there's a discussion now on Cables about how and why, but that's that). I replaced the standard screw for the plate with a nylon screw, because it looked like it was either ferrous or plated metal and that is a no-no for me. I should also say that, despite the obvious copper and brass in the sideplates and their screws, one side did have silvery colored screws, which surprised me. But I guess Furutech doesn't read this board. LOL

Immediately upon installing the new Furu I got a noticable increase in bass energy. All to the good, as bass detail was tighter. Dynamics were livelier right away and both the bass increase and dynamics have stayed or improved over about 100-125 hours of burn in.

HF was also there with NO loss of detail that I could find. But there was a decrease in brightness. Mids - voices - were better. Again, this was quite good, especially for a cold start.

By about 50-75 hours the treble detail was improving and soundstage and imaging were getting much better by the day. There was more depth and dimensionality to the presentation. And it's smooth.

I'd installed a new DAC shortly after the Furutech outlet and had been concentrating on its performance. Didn't want to confuse the impact of either, so switched back to FM listening through my NAD receiver to eliminate effects of the DAC. Well, I gotta tell youse that the little Furutech really shone!

So now I know what the "high priced spread" is about. Yes, it's clearly superior in my setup to the tweaked P&S outlets I've been using. Just one made a significant difference to my sonics and I"m thinking of slowly replacing all the outlets in my system and maybe even upgrading the plugs to Furutech to match. For a cheapskate (read that as "wise shopper with champagne ears and lite beer budget") that's quite a statement. YMMV, of course.

Sooooo, would I classify this by the old cliche as "like an equipment upgrade"? Not yet, but it sure is substantially better. I DO believe that someone going from the usual contractor installed crappy outlet to one of these with no step in between would say that it was that good.

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