Japanese hi-fi cable and accessories experts Furutech remain as determined as ever to develop and deploy a wealth of proprietary ‘pure transmission’ technologies that allow a delicate musical signal to remain as unimpeded as possible as it journeys through your hi-fi system. US audio magazine The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards pick three of their winners.

Furutech GTX DR NCF AC duplex wall outlets

“Furutech has taken the humble outlet and run it through a gauntlet of refinement far beyond what most of us can imagine,” writes reviewer Neil Gader. “Performance-wise there’s no doubt that the Furutech removed a layer of low-level grunge from the sonic window, reducing noise across the soundstage. Like a sonic dustcloth, images were more tangible and retrieved with greater clarity.”

While the unit is not cheap, its “uncompromising quality and high performance make it seem a small price to pay.”

Furutech NCF Clear Line

Furutech’s NCF Clear Line audio-grade passive AC line optimizer plugs effortlessly into any vacant receptacle on a wall outlet or power distributor. “The difference it makes is one of focus and air between images,” writes Gader. “It nails the perimeter around sung notes and the clarity of the space between them, resulting in a more definitive sense of layering and transient immediacy.”

“Sensible, cost-effective and, once heard, difficult to part with,” he concludes.

Furutech NCF Clear Line Optimizer

“Furutech takes the idea of plugging a component’s empty I / Os to a whole new dimension with these Optimizer end caps,” says Gader.

“Heroically built… the impression was subtle but it was like giving the soundstage a good sweeping – or taking a dust cloth to a surface and revealing more of the true finish beneath a layer of grime.”

“Details and transient cues just had a little more pop and definition. In audio, as in life, it’s the little, sometimes stranger things that matter.”

Discover the full range of Furutech’s multi-award-winning cables and accessories at furutech.com/ and locate your nearest specialist retailer via UK distributor www.soundfowndations.co.uk/

Check out complete listings of The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Award winners in the magazine’s November issue.