NCF Piezoelectric Ceramic Series Connectors.

Furutech's Pure Transmission FI-50 NCF Piezo Ceramic series connector bodies and housings feature several innovative construction techniques. A multi-layer non-magnetic stainless steel and silver-plated carbon fiber housing incorporates a special insulating and shock-absorbing acetal copolymer. Furutech settled on silver and stainless carbon fiber for the outer shell after extensive listening sessions with Japanese industry figures and audiophiles.

The body of the connectors incorporates an "active" damping material: Nano Crystal² Formula (Nano Crystalline, Ceramic and Carbon Powder) incorporated in selected Furutech products. The Nano Crystal² Formula - NCF material is composed of a special crystalline material that has two component "active" properties. First, it generates negative ions that eliminate static, and second, it converts thermal energy into far infrared. Furutech then combines this remarkable crystalline material with nano-sized ceramic particles and carbon powder for its additional "piezoelectric effect" damping properties. The resulting Nano Crystal² formula is the ultimate electrical and mechanical damping material, found only in Furutech products.

Nanocrystal²'s formulation eliminates static energy, “interconverts” thermal, mechanical, and electrical energy, and dampens vibrations, all for the best pure Furutech transmission signal imaginable.

Floating Magnetic Field Effects: Furutech's Ground-to-Ground Bridge System

How far will Furutech's engineers go in their attempts to achieve the benchmark quality of Pure Transmission?

His concentrated examination of each and every element of signal transfer has resulted in another revolutionary technology, the Furutech Earth/Ground Jumper System. Eliminates EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) induced on metal parts such as connector housing screws.

The current flowing through the power connector creates a magnetic field, just as an isolated conductor creates electromagnetic and electrostatic fields. Furutech engineers discovered that this magnetic field induces a current flow (and a small magnetic field) in the screws that hold the connector. These magnetic fields interfere with the larger magnetic field around the conductor and connector.

Furutech's undivided attention to detail and elegant engineering solve the problem perfectly. The ground-earth jumper system connects the fixing screws to a ground terminal inside the plug, completely eliminating the field disturbances they cause. Stray fields are connected to ground by a series of interlocking parts within the connector that connect to the ground conductor. The jumper system is available in IEC and NEMA power connectors from Furutech. The ground-to-ground bridge system has US Patent No. 6,669,491.

Characteristic:

Pure copper rhodium plated conductor α (alpha)

Ground Jumper System (US Patent No: 6,669,491 / European: EP1445837)

Nylon/fiberglass body with a carbon damping material and special nano-sized anti-resonance piezo-ceramic crystalline particles

Multi-layer non-magnetic stainless steel and silver plated carbon fiber housing incorporating an acetal copolymer

Finest damping and isolation materials enhance frequency extension and tonal balance

Specified for cable diameters from 6 mm to 20 mm

FI-50 NCF connector dimensions: 44 mm (body length) x 34.5 mm (diameter) x 80.3 mm (total length)

Metal cable clamp improves grip and reduces mechanically and electrically induced distortion