Furutech Project V1 : Ultra-high-end performance power cable
The ultimate in refinement and extreme engineering….debuting Furutech`s new top-of-the-line ultra-high-end performance power cable.
All audiophiles search for the same qualities: Verisimilitude to the original event, a sense of engagement promoting suspension of disbelief, a visceral immersion in the audio video experience.
They also know that everything in the signal path makes a difference, and that which we see, hear and experience is, in a very direct way the AC power itself…..
Furutech Project V1 : Ultra-high-end performance power cable
Features:
The ultimate in refinement and extreme engineering….debuting Furutech`s new top-of-the-line ultra-high-end performance power cable
All audiophiles search for the same qualities: Verisimilitude to the original event, a sense of engagement promoting suspension of disbelief, a visceral immersion in the audio video experience. They also know that everything in the signal path makes a difference, and that which we see, hear and experience is, in a very direct way the AC power itself.
In fact, the AC supply is directly in the signal path. As amplifiers transfer energy to speakers it draws down storage capacitors by exactly the same amount. The capacitors try to keep fully charged by drawing energy from rectifiers that turn the AC into DC from the transformer that draws power through the wall. Ultimately everything you see, hear and experience is the AC that must be identical to let’s say an amplifier’s output, and that AC travels through the power cord! That’s why they’re as important as any cable in a system because they carry the same signal. Furutech has received enthusiastic reports of significant improvements with every type of audio, video and display device.
The Project V1 power cord features special connectors, exclusive to this power cord: an IEC connector, SCHUKO connector and Cable Damping rings that incorporate Furutech’s special antistatic and antiresonance NCF material combined with special high-grade nylon insulation. The housings of these special connectors and Damping Rings are formed with 4-layer hybrid NCF carbon fiber finished with a special hardened clear damping coating.
Connector conductors are formed with nonmagnetic rhodium coated α(Alpha) pure copper secured in bodies insulated with Furutech’s special antistatic and antiresonance NCF material NCF allows for the transmission of pure uncolored power delivering improvements in the depth and focus of the sound stage, harmonics, and tonal balance.
Low frequencies are cleaner, with a greater sense of definition made possible by a lowered noise floor.
D.U.C.C. (Dia Ultra Crystallized Copper)
α (Alpha) OCC DUCC is constructed using a combination of DUCC Ultra Crystallize d High Purity Copper and Furutech’s world famous Pure Transmission α (Alpha) OCC. Furutech DUCC Ultra Crystallized High Purity Copper supplied and regulated with strict quality and supply control by Mitsubishi Materials Industries is one of the best conductors Furutech engineers have found for signal transmission.
Furutech’s Nano Crystal² Formula, also known as NCF, has resulted in a number of truly innovative and effective products over the past few years. NCF features a special crystalline material that has two distinct properties—it generates negative ions that eliminate static, and it converts thermal energy into far infrared. When combined with nano-sized ceramic particles and carbon powder, these crystals become the ultimate electrical and mechanical damping material. Created by Furutech, NCF is found exclusively in Furutech products and nowhere else.
Furutech’s beautifully crafted Project V1 power cord is an engineering marvel and the culmination of over 30 years research and design into the pure transmission of AC power. The Project V1 power cord incorporates Furutech revolutionary NCF antistatic and antiresonance material and a 3 concentric layer combination of Silver coated Alpha-OCC conductors and Alpha-DUCC conductors, a refined balanced mix of two of the best conductors Furutech has found for high end performance sound reproduction. Along with the highest-grade materials, the double shielded, double insulated Project V1 also utilizes a special hybrid polyethylene insulation that incorporates a ceramic-carbon powder damping material for ultimate power transmission cable.
The Project V1 results are extremely fine resolution down and through the very low noise floor, improved sound staging and image palpability, a musical, attractive, midrange, tight and controlled bass, plus power and dynamics to spare.
Specially designed Sleeve:
Designed to limit resonance and stress on the cable while remaining flexible, the special sleeve features high-grade soft damping polypropylene and cross weaved hard fiber. (0.02mm soft polypropylene / 0.25mm hard polypropylene)
All metal parts are treated with Furutech’s Two Step Cryogenic and Demagnetizing Alpha Process.
Specifications
• Connectors: Exclusive Furutech-engineered nonmagnetic rhodium-plated Carbon Fiber finished connectors with 4-layered hybrid NCF carbon fiber finish with a special hardened clear damping coating; and incorporating Furutech’s unique Floating Field Damper System
• Neo-damper – Furutech’s highly effective vibration damping material incorporated in cable build – only found in NanoFlux NCF power cord.
• Dimensions: Cable diameter approx. 32mm • Overall length: 1.8M/set
Cable construction:
• Material: Silver-Coated α(Alpha)-OCC + α-DUCC (7N Class)
• Construction: Inner – 127/0.18 Silver Coated α-OCC (Right rotate), Middle – 37/0.18 α-DUCC (Left rotate), Outer – 43/0.18 α-DUCC (Right rotate)
• Size: 10AWG / 5.267 Sq.mm
• Insulation (inner material): Audio Grade FEP (Fluoropolymer)
• Insulation (outer material): Audio Grade P.E. (Brown, Blue, Green + Yellow line)
• Inner Sheath: Audio Grade Flexible PVC (Black); Nano-Ceramic / Carbon particle compound
• Shield (1+2): Cu-Foil wrap + Braided (24×11/0.12 α- OFC)+ Paper wrap
• Sheath (1+2+3): RoHS Compliant Flexible PVC approx.18.0mm diameter
• Sleeve (1+2): Black PP yarn (0.25 tough yarn+0.02soft yarn)
• Overall diameter: 32mm approx
“Trying to summarize that, what the Furutech PROJECT-V1 presented in my system, with true reluctance, and badly concealed despair, I came to the conclusion, that while its presence was very much to my liking, the time I needed to unplug it, was as traumatic as root canal treatment by a dentist. You cannot fool the human nature. We were programmed in such a way, that we get quickly accustomed to something good, and when we need to lower our flight attitude, we perceive it as a very painful experience. That was the case this time. This is the more telling, that when I removed the PROJECT-V1 from my system, I returned to the phenomenal on its own, Furutech NanoFlux-NCF. The problem was that the V1 turned out to play in a completely different league. A league, where only a select few have access to.” – Marcin Olszewski
“…the characteristics presented by the tested cord are unique in every aspect. And I am not thinking about the masterful amount and quality of bass, midrange and treble, but about the brilliant balancing of essence, energy and information carried by those ranges, and all being just means of painting a palpable world of music. This cable was capable of upping my system to the yet unheard levels of quality, while having a dense and dark projection. Do you think that I am stretching facts now? Try it out for yourself, and you will know. Alas, everything good must come to an end. What do I mean by that? I am not sure what will finally become of that, but initially the Furutech Project-V1 power cable was to be limited to only 40 pieces. And if this is really the case, I urge you to hurry, and borrow it for even a casual listening, and I will not be surprised, when you decide to leave it plugged in your stereo. And that means, that this small pool, distributed around the world, may be exhausted in just weeks. So be warned – in this case not the price, but availability may be your biggest enemy.” – Jacek Pazio
“I ask you to forgive me, that I did not put to many concrete items in what I wrote, but it is extremely difficult to describe something, that is an achievement of a level of realism close to that, what we can experience only during a live musical event, and is far from what we are used to with classic Hi-Fi and distorted by High-End. Because we should not deceive ourselves, most “audiophile” systems are distorting the reproduced material, making it a kind of caricature, directing the attention of the listeners to the second or third rank events, and not to that, what really happens on stage. The Furutech duo, on the other hand, does not interfere with the source material, it does not interpret it, but only does not limit the dynamics dormant in the system, while taking care of removing any dirt that would like to enter our system with the lifegiving power. That, and only that, especially taking into account, that we deal here with a strip without any active filtration and a seemingly ordinary cable. But the devil is in the details, as usual, and in this case the minimalism and the uncompromised construction of both items make the Furutech Project-V1 and the Pure Power 6 NCF become a class on its own, and I would wish to have them form the basis of the power supply for my system. And I wish you exactly the same thing.” – Marcin Olszewski
“So are the described power components from Furutech, the Project V-1 and Pure Power 6 NCF a proposition suitable for everybody? I can clearly say yes. Without such brilliant approach to the construction of the virtual stage, there is no talking about extreme High End. Unfortunately you are not always able to test it for yourself, but once you do, your life as a high quality music reproduction lover will never be the same. So where is the catch? Well, life on earth is brutal, and all kind of hype can be toned down by the price of the tested gear. However if your status allows for some kind of purchasing nonchalance, then I see no other option, than to have those Japanese products visit you, if only for a try-out. But I do warn you, if you are telling the truth about freely moving through the offerings of top High End, then you will have an issue when you borrow those. Like I almost did – but I am in the midst of rebuilding my analog system, so for now this had no chance. But I must tell you, not often in life, I did experience something so positive.” – Jacek Pazio