Furutech GTX NCF receptical break in, how long


Bought NCF with 6 day burn from seller. I have it burning in last 5 days on 2 cheap power bars with old desk top towers, fans, TiVo box, home theater amps. My amp and Preamp, phono stage and CD player are all tube so I don't use them. Ran system on outlet tonight and no bass, bright, sounds bad. First day with outlet it sounded very nice. Any owners of rhodium outlets can tell me what I'm in for time wise, or what to expect sound wise in next couple weeks, thanks
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Burn in has begun with the Furutech GTX ncf and of course I liked what I heard out the box but not going to fall for that old trick! Good thing I have cables and my Jc5 still needing to finish burning in so here we go all  been running 24/7, I'll post back in a few weeks with an update.
Indeed it's revealing of the source . one main trait this outlet has that I like is it's relentless dynamic burst that can be startling at times but still. Retains musical flow, bit of an enigma at times. I still need another 300+ hrs  I'm at about 500hrs and changes are still occurring . I have a fully burned in AQ Edison outlet which is by no means a slouch by any means and will compare the two as they're in the same duplex.

Just over a 120hrs on the GTX ncf and last night sounded good with bass extension returning, the two nights before had me worried. I do use a 1hr break with no signal as two allow a relax period then back at it. I'm burning in Morrow Audio MA 5 xlr's  as well which arrived two days prior and last night indicates when all said and done this will be great.
I'm in for the long haul as I've been burning in gear for the last three months and this is the icing on the cake!
Come sunday i will have 388 hrs on the    Furutech GTX NCF outlet, I took a good listen last night for changes (  I've used the same two disc for the last 4 months to evaluate my various upgrades for the end of 2020) and in contrast to out the box and mid way through, the highs are opening up nicely and shimmer has arrived in delicate bells that were missing up till now. The taunt bass heard out the box is extended and show casing layers, midrage has a beautiful timber with realism . depth and demision in the sound stage is also more broad without losing dead center imaging. Pretty impressive!
The outlet is done settling in and took 600-700 hrs to do so! The result is well worth the wait and is flat out what could be considered  essential as it's the best outlet money can buy and does indeed represent the current SOTA. Hard pressed to give it a sound character as it just gets out of the way of the source , It's not fatiguing in anyway, its never dull or overly warm  one would think when judging it's plating (Rhodium) that it will have this sound or that sound and you would be wrong. I could really go on and on about this outlet but for the first time giving thoughts on an addition I'm at a loss for words! In short if you want to upgrade your outlet, skip the rest save your money if need be and get the Furutech GTX-D NCF !