Furutech Flux50 NCF shoutout

I found, over the years, that Furutech accentuates the leading edge at the expense of the "body" of an instrument, giving a "cool-ish" flavor to the sound of components. Harmonic richness is not something that the Furutech endows its products with.

That was back in 2008, so perhaps they’ve improved it. I have had the same experience with the fuses and the NCF outlets I own. I like them, but I'm aware that they - like Nordost - have a great "sound," but both cables are leaner than reality.

I bought an AliExpress version having very good results with the NCF cables.

Well, the construction of the connection point at the filter side failed to clamp the cable enough to secure the cable against being pulled out . The connections were hot glued in place over the cable, so over a period of time and flexing of the cable and filter, the connection would break exposing live wires to short against the sleeve. 

The filter itself looks like an average classic T filter of chokes and caps, so nothing really stellar there, I would conclude the good results acoustically would be due to the cable, but it's very short, some 6" or so, would that make a difference?

Currently both filters are stored, maybe one day will try and find a rubber clamp, so it can hold the cable in place. 

"I found, over the years, that Furutech accentuates the leading edge at the expense of the "body" of an instrument, giving a "cool-ish" flavor to the sound of components. Harmonic richness is not something that the Furutech endows its products with." - @gbmcleod 

I've never heard Furutech described like that before. Just goes to show that there is no substitute for listening in one's own system. 

Every interconnect, power cord, and speaker cable I have are current production Furutech and my results are the polar opposite of what gb experienced. 

Warmth, saturation, texture, and timbre are the descriptors that come to mind. 

I was all in for Nordost when my system was tube based. The synergy was great. When I switched to a Hypex based integrated, the Nordost was no longer a good fit. After much research, I tried a Furutech DPS 4.1 power cord with FI-50 NCF terminations and was hooked. 

There really is no predicting. 

I have been testing a full loom of Furutech NCF cables over the last couple of weeks with a new integrated amplifer.  The observations and conclusions are from three audiophiles and a recording engineer in a blind test.  The greatest positive impact from these cables have been on the digital front end (Esoteric K-01XD se SACD player).  The XLR interconnect was a game changer in sound stage, openness and reverb trails.  The power cable beat out my Zavino Majestic MKII and a Furutech plug designed cable. it wasn't as great of a change as the interconnect.  On the integrated the Zavino MKII beat out the Furutech NCF.  The speaker cable was about a toss up with the Furutech NCF a little better but not for the price difference.  The lesson is you need to test this stuff in your own system.  We all had the same conclusions and the recording engineer was shocked at the difference a cable could make and I will be getting a new interconnect and power chord.