Furutech FI-52 Carbon Fibre IEC Connector

The Furutech range of products are amongst the best available anywhere, build quality and attention to detail is un-rivalled in the audio industry.

Piezo Ceramic Series Connectors • A Furutech First!

Furutech’s Pure Transmission FI-50R Piezo Ceramic series connector bodies and housings feature several breakthrough construction techniques. A multilayer nonmagnetic stainless steel and carbon fiber shell incorporates a special damping and insulating acetal copolymer. Furutech settled on stainless and carbon fiber for the outer housing after extensive listening sessions with Japanese industry figures and audiophiles. 

The body of the connectors combines two “active” materials: Nano-sized ceramic particles and powdered carbon. (Only nano-sized ceramic particles effectively couples with carbon powder.) Nylon and fiberglass are incorporated as well forming an extremely effective, well damped, mechanically and electrically nonresonant connector body. That’s correct, they’re electrically damped as well. 

Piezoelectric effects are the key. Furutech’s breakthrough in design and materials is based on employing nano-sized polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramic particles exhibiting electro-generative properties; mechanical pressure creates an electrical charge forming a bridge between electrical and mechanical oscillation. 

Carbon powder exhibits thermal-conductive characteristics that interact with the charged ferro-ceramic particles converting their energy into heat that’s conducted away and released from the surface of the connector body! 

These carefully chosen and tested “active” materials mechanically and electrically damp the connector and receptacle as they “interconvert” thermal, mechanical, and electrical energy for the finest Furutech Pure Transmission signal imaginable. 

• α (Alpha) Pure Copper Rhodium plated conductor 
• Earth (Ground) Jumper System (US Patent No.: 6,669,491 )
• Nylon/fiberglass body incorporating nano sized ceramic particles for absorption of vibration resonance.
• Multi layered nonmagnetic stainless steel and carbon fiber housing and incorporating acetal copolymer. The best of damping and insulation materials for improvements in frequency extension and tonal quality..
• Specified for cable diameters from 6mm to 20mm
• Dimensions: Body length 44mm x 40.5mm diameter x 80.3mm overall length
• Metal cable clamp for improved grip and reduction of mechanically and electrically induced distortion.

The Furutech FI-52R is considered the best IEC connector on the market by many leading audiophiles, buy now and be amazed at the difference it makes to any system.

The FI-52 is the 16 amp version of the FI-50 and fits power amplifiers and some mains conditioners, please check it will fit your equipment before ordering, thanks.

Technical description of the connectors below:-

Each plug contains six cross layers of carbon fiber embedded in a highly damping insulating acetal copolymer. The carbon powder mixed into the connector body exhibits thermal conduction characteristics to interact with the mechanical-to-electrical characteristics of the charged ferro-ceramic particles, converting their energy into heat. These carefully balanced interactive elements mechanically and electrically damp the connector as they interconvert thermal, mechanical and electrical energy. Controlling noise and vibration is vital in achieving stable, minimal-loss AC power transfer. Most audiophiles and video enthusiasts assume plugging a power cord into a wall receptacle is the point at which electrical disturbances or potentials are generated. Everyone has created a small spark when plugging in a device that should have been switched off. But research has shown many elements in a connector capable of creating stray electrical potentials like cable clamps, screws and other magnetic parts. Current flowing through a cable and its connector creates magnetic (and electrostatic) fields building and collapsing 60 times per second in 120VAC systems. The magnetic field induces current flow -- electrical potential -- in small parts like the screws holding the connector halves together, which must be metal for tight clamping. The current flow in these small parts creates multiple 'floating' magnetic fields that interfere with the cable/connector's larger magnetic field, resulting in noise and distortion. Furutech's Floating Field Damper star grounds the parts in which floating magnetic fields are created by current flow. A precisely engineered, sprung metal bridge ties the various parts together and shunts the potential to ground, significantly reducing distortion for ultra clean and stable power transfer. Furutech recommends using grounded receptacles -- preferably from Furutech's own line -- as the benefits of the Floating Field Damper are further improved with a lower impedance path to ground for even lower noise and distortion."