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FI-28 (R) IEC Connector Bad Buy?

Hi all, I have a question again, regarding the FI-28 Connector Rhodium variant. My system is a hybrid tube system from Unison Resarch with green Sylvania NOS tubes and the new Dali Opticon MK2 as speakers which are also already Burned in, as tuning I have a fine fuse from Alan Maher Fourier Audiophile Fuse. Until now I had an enormously good power cord on it that was already equipped with Furutech F11 Gold.

It sounded really everything already excellent but as they say, it always goes better. So I was once again faced with a decision, Furutech FI 28 gold or rhodium?

I must admit earlier I always wanted to have only an analytical system ... but since I have this F11 Gold power cord, I feel the music so extreme that it makes me addicted.

Important to mention I come from Switzerland, which is why my Schuko plug is not a real Schuko respectively consists of gold, there are only about 2 high-end plugs the market is really small there and this gold plug but does a very good job.

Since I got carried away by the people who prefer the rhodium, I decided to go that way.

I am aware that it will take quite a while until the new plugs are in place...but I wonder at the moment if I have not made a big mistake.

The music, unlike the F11, plays more spatial and tactful and analytical but the treble is enormous and almost tiring. The bass has gained in power is even more precise but still everything sounds a bit artificial ... In total, I have the FI 28 Connector now played 20 hours.
Of course I know that with time everything will stabilize a bit... but I wonder if this is possibly also the character of rhodium.
Or can it be that rhodium plug and gold Schuko not fit together?

What do you think, should I save the time and directly get the FI-28 Gold or should I get
give the Rhodium a chance?


audiophil2020
audiophil2020 OP
13 posts
 
I just wanted to let you know that in the meantime I have bought the FI28 Gold including the FI38 Gold and have already played over 60 hours and it is already a revelation. My ears somehow can't get used to Rhodium, although it is supposed to be very good.
But all the more I am enormously satisfied with this combo.
auxinput
2,920 posts
 
In my opinion, rhodium plated is the end game.  However, I have found that it can be the great revealer - including revealing flaws in your electronics.  It can make sterile or bright sounding equipment sound even worse.  In this case, the Furutech gold-plated stuff is the better option.  If you find that it is too warm/slow sounding for you, the Neotech gold-plated is actually a bit faster.  Furutech loves to put a very heavy plating on their stuff and it definitely influences the sound.
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lyndonlim
1 posts
 
After reading so many positive reviews about furutech rhodium plugs i swapped all my fi15 plus gold to rhodium. I have about 6 sets of cables going into pre, monoblocks, dcs network bridge and a lampizator dac. I ran in all my rhodium plug including a fi50 ncf iec plug for at least 600 hrs in a daisy chain configuration powering a fridge.

I should also mention my entire system my dac to pre to amps is fully tube powered. 

Okay in a nutshell i would not recommend you go 100% rhodium. You'll feel the tone tilt towards upward frequency, you will lose the golden mid range. You'll hear more detail but you'll also feel like someone had push the mic away from your singers. You'll lose the mid range magic. Mixing and match some pure copper plugs and gold restored some of the magic. Going all Rhodium definately was not the end game in my system. I only use furutech plugs. The iec plugs i used were fi15 c ncf. 
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ryder
1,689 posts
 
Do consider the Furutech GTX-D NCF duplex outlet. This one combined with good power cords is heaven.

I do not have experience with Furutech plugs or power cords but did look at the various options when I was looking for a high quality power cord earlier last year. There are just too many types to choose from - Gold, silver, Rodhium and copper. In the end I went for something else, a non-Furutech cord since I can’t make up my mind on the right Furutech plugs and matching cable. The Furutech dealer was pushing the higher range factory terminated cords but I had already bought something else during that time.
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