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Furutech GTX-D Rhodium NCF Outlet

Hi

I have been using a strip with Cary tube preamp and digital sources on a Furutech GTX-D Gold outlet and Pass power amp to a Maestro on the wall for a while now.

The combination seems decent but lately with some bass heavy recordings I have found the bass thick and boomy on extreme low bass notes. The mids and highs are fine and I tend to be sensitive to bright treble.

I took the preamp out and put it to the Maestro on the wall and this ameliorated the bass somewhat. Everything became fuller sounding but as a result, there was less low bass reverb (sounds contradictory?)

I suspect it is the GTX-D Gold. I am guessing if I replaced that with a GTX-D Rhodium NCF, it will tighten up the bass and hopefully eliminate the excessive low bass reverb. But in doing so, will the highs become too forward, hard or bright as Rhodium tends to be vs Gold?

Any experienced feedback from users who have tried the Maestro, GTX-D Gold and GTX-D Rhodium NCF is much appreciated.

Thanks
mikey8811

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I have both GTX-R and GTX-R NCF side by side. The first is fully broken in, the second is brand new but has been previously installed in the shop and an air fan worked full speed trough it for about 60 hours.
Now installed in the music room, I did not hear or feel any significant difference between it and the non-NCF (not yet). Nor did I feel or hear any of the agressive rendering coming usualy with new, unbroken sophisticated cable or outlet. An Audience Adept Response aR2p-TO is plugged into it and the amp into the conditioner. All the other components are plugged into a Chang Lightspeed which is itself plugged into the aR2p-TO.
If you want to know, the amp, a Classé Delta 2300, works much better through the aR2p-TO than directly in the wall, and the whole thing also sounds better when the Chang goes through the aR2p-TO than directly in the wall receptacle. 
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