In sunlight it does become more vibrant but certainly not a Lego brick
My experiences posted on the other forum;
09-06-2020 at 10:40pm
I currently have about 20 hours on the GTX-D NCF. Itās true that it sounds great during first few hours. Itās sounding not very good at the moment with a flat sound and rolled off treble. I canāt wait to get this thing past the 500 hour mark. Still a long way to go 
09-12-2020 at 05:28pm
It sounds terrible between 20 to 50 hours. I hope it will sound better approaching 100 hours.
09-30-2020 at 09:30pm
Right. Iām not sure if some of you guys are exaggerating on the numbers. Currently Iām between 100 and 150 hours. I would say the sound quality is great after the 100 hour mark is passed. No more fluctuations.
11-14-2020 at 10:59pm
Right, I canāt believe Iām updating this thread. A little update. Just today Iām hearing a change with the system. The bass is hitting lower and sounds fuller with better definition and detail. More defined. Midrange and treble also sound fuller and fleshed out. The highs sound silkier and more illuminating. I canāt believe this. I thought Iām not getting anymore changes with the system but it looks like the Furutech NCF receptacle really needs time to break-in.
Iāve made some calculations and so far I think I have about 300 hours on the outlet. If this thing will only give its 100% after reaching 500 hours as claimed by few here, I canāt imagine how my system would sound like then. At the rate Iām going I think I need 2 more months to get to the 500 hour mark.
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I have to say that not everyone experienced the same in their system. Some reported no further changes up to 500 hours but generally I would say the outlet will sound good after about 300 hours. In my experience, the big change came in around 300 hours, not 500 hours as claimed earlier which was an error on my part.
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How can anyone possibly decide whether a mains socket changes in sound after 300 hours rather than 500? Surely thatās hifi geek obsessiveness gone mad.
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An outlet cannot āsoundā like anything.
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Pre run-in mains cables are available why not mains sockets too 
Iāve never been convinced by something that sounds dreadful for weeks before turning into a silk purse. How do they develop them? And does the clock get reset if there are design changes? 
People can spend most of their life waiting for various hi-fi items to run-in 
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Come on,
Otherwise, how will Furutech take care of its employees ?!
Lejonklou Slipsik 7.1 for my Linn LP12 and Adikt on the way. Anyone using one? 
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Either way itās a non issue. Use the socket for something like the TV or phone charge station and youāll burn through 500 hrs in, well 500hrs! But what I mean is, with very little downtime. I have some Furutech sockets waiting for a new home and I am positive that the way my kids use the TV, theyāll run it in for me so fast I wonāt even have time to think whether or not I hear a difference.
If there is a difference (and I donāt care to come down on that topic one way or the other) I can imagine how fresh rhodium coating or polish from the factory leaves high resistance coating on the contacts that takes some time and pressure to dissipate. ā¦ though Iām not using the fancy Rhodium stuff. Just the bottom of the range sockets with nothing fancy.
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Rhodium has become the ādarling of platingā during the last years. It allows manufacturers to charge more so I think this plays a role too(?) Itās not a great conductor to begin with and it tends to sound somewhat cold and clinical/analytical. Tight and detailed too. This can be a good thing but Iām cautious with the amount of Rhodium plated connectors in my system 'cos you can easily end up with a too much of a good thing result.
Euro / Shuko PowerLines come with Rodium plated Furutechs at one end. That means 4 in my case. Step by step I took out the other Rhodium plugs and replaced them either with gold or plain nickel. That was the C19 connector for the power strip and at both sides of the power cord on the PSU for the EE8 switch. It was surprising (ok maybe not) how significant the change of the connector for the power strip was.
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Which Furutech models did you go with? The plating and connectors might very well do more for the sound than the actual cable. That is what my testing starts to tell me at least.
From reading about Rhodium and plating not everything comes down to how great conductor the material is. If so I guess Furutech would not use rhodium on their high end stuff and Naim not chose it for their Powerline. That would be suicide being a brand selling at that price to very picky ears.
Iām not saying Rhodium is not a good plating material. Not at all but it has a certain sonic signature. Just like any other plating btw. So in this example, Rhodium throughout (or a lot) is not necessarily a good thing.
Furutech and IeGo have a few series where they have both Gold and Rhodium versions of the same plugs. Itās easy and interesting to make up some power cords that are identical, only with a different plating. Youāll be surprised (understatement) how big the differences are.
For the power strip I used a C19 Nickel plated Shunyata CopperConn connector btw.
Fully agree. It was a night and day difference replacing my 40 year old outlet with Furutech NCF Rhodium outlet. No one could ever argue such if they would hear it. And I agree with the sonic signature it has added. Right now not sure if it is what I wanted but Iāll wait a couple of week. My Entreq power strip also contain Furutech rhodium plugs and jacks and so does the Powerline so Rhodium all the way.
If not Iāll go with the Furutech Gold outlet version instead to evaluate what that does. Iām lacking some of the warmth and coziness I had with the old outlet right now but many claim rhodium changes after a lot of hours on it.
Synergy.
Old one looks pretty done 
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Picked up a used PS Audio P5 - putting it through the paces. My Dac and preamp seem to like it, NAP250DR jury still out
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Oddly enough, the US PowerLines come with entry level Furutech plugs using just brass pins. I know Naim favour that as a like-for-like connection in the socket.
Oh waitā¦ thatās because with 120v it only matters half as much. 
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What plating does the UK Powerline have then?
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UK is Naimās own plug, not Furutech. AFAIK it is just good old perfectly fine non plated brass.
New DAC day! It came with USB power supply cable, coaxial and optical digital cables and cost me Ā£8.95 new, including postage, yup I feel robbed.
I am going to use it to drive the VU meters from the RPi /Allo digi one digital output in my current project, Sony TC-209 SD ācassette deck hackā.
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