[ September 25th, 2008 @ 9:38 am ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Holy Snakeoil Batman An $1800 Power CordStumble This


The Furutech Powerflux is a power cord with a difference and that difference is it costs a whole truckload of money - $1800 in fact. What do you get for all that coin? Furutech will tell you after the jump:

Powerflux conductors are 68-strand ? (Alpha) OCC twisted around ?–conductor strands with a special-grade PE insulation or dielectric. (Alpha conductors are fine OCC wire treated with Furutech’s Alpha Cryogenic and Demagnetizing process.) The dielectric is surrounded by an inner sheath of RoHS-compliant PVC incorporating carbon powder that enhances damping, and that in turn is covered by a full ? (Alpha) conductor wire braid shield. Another flexible PVC outer sheath and a Nylon braid jacket finish the job.

The extraordinary FI-50 series connectors are a result of the meticulous way that Furutech engineers examine and improve each and every element of signal transfer using breakthrough technologies to reach their Pure Transmission Technology goal.

Furutech’s beautifully-finished FI-50(R) IEC and FI-50M(R) Piezo Ceramic series connector housings are made of multiple layers of carbon fiber in a damping and insulating acetal copolymer, surrounded by nonmagnetic stainless steel bands. The connector bodies combine two “active” materials: Nano-sized ceramic particles and powdered carbon. Nylon and fiberglass are incorporated as well forming an extremely effective, mechanically and electrically nonresonant connector body that may just be the most sophisticated in the world.

Sounds like $1800 worth of BS and gorilla dust to me. I will never call Monster Cable cables expensive again. [Furutech via Ubergizmo, Oh Gizmo]

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1 response

  • HDMI Cable Guy
    Sep 25, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    I had to buy two. How can you resist “Nano-sized ceramic particles and powdered carbon”

    Now, I can post to Facebook nano seconds ahead of my friends.

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