Furutech speaker cables


Has anyone heard any speaker cables from Furutech? How do they sound compared to others? I am looking for cables that have a very strong center fill, that push the vocals in the center of the soundstage.
noisebilly

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Currently using a DIY bi-wire configuration of Furutech's FS-Alpha Speaker Cable, which uses finely stranded Alpha-PCOCC conductors.  The Alpha treatment includes deep cryo & demagnetizing processes.  I believe their highly regarded Speaker Reference III cables are simply the FS-Alpha cable with a techflex jacket and the addition of their Formula GC-303 antimagnetic EMI-absorbant modules.  You can decide whether you want to pay the premium for the modules, which are not available for DIY.

I find the FS-Alpha cables to be clear and even-handed across the frequency spectrum.  They are not the most dynamic cables I have heard (which are typically solid core wire cables), but they have excellent tonality and IMO serve the music well by providing good body and depth, particularly in the midrange.   I suggest reading the reviews such as the review of their builk cables at Dagogo but particularly Srajan's review of the Reference line, which IMO provides a good description of how the upper end bulk cables sound.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech4/cables.html

Some like the FS-15S bulk speaker cable, which is OFC and not OCC but which uses solid core conductors and very good foamed PE insulation.


Yes, the FS-Alpha has a purple jacket.  The Alpha is fine stranded OCC wire while the 15S uses solid-core OFC wire.
Go to Furutech's website under products, bulk cables, speaker cables and when you open each individual type of cable, under specifications it will list how many strands and the diameter of each, which you can use to determine the gauge with the table linked below.  The FS-15S shows 1@1.5mm, or one strand at 1.5mm diameter, which is slightly larger than 15awg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge