The Furutech NCF Clear Line-XLR is the balanced version of the Clear Line. It plugs into a vacant XLR jack on your preamp, DAC, amplifier or player and lowers the noise floor. Nothing passes through it, so there is nothing to rewire.
Female (F): plugs into a spare XLR output.
Male (M): plugs into a spare XLR input.
HOW IT WORKS:
According to Furutech:
NCF body: the contacts sit in a body made of NCF liquid crystal polymer (nylon, fiberglass, nano ceramic particles, carbon powder and Furutech's NCF), with NCF damping clips of the same material.
Conductors: rhodium-plated Alpha pure copper, one-piece construction. On the male version, the pins are injected with NCF.
Audio-grade ceramic capacitor (passive) with a silver-colored damping coating, selected by listening tests and tuned to absorb noise from the equipment's terminals.
Semi-sealed air chamber, pressure sealed for extra damping.
NCF damping housing: a stainless steel and NCF body ring, a four-layer hybrid NCF forged carbon fiber shell, and an NCF end cover with molded channels that add 90% more NCF surface area.
Alpha Process: all metal parts are cryogenically treated and demagnetized.
Furutech says you'll hear a lower noise floor right away, with a deeper and more focused soundstage, better harmonics and tonal balance, and more transparency, without coloring the sound.
HOW TO USE IT:
Choose the female for a spare XLR output, or the male for a spare XLR input. Furutech suggests a spare jack on your preamp or CD/SACD/multi-player.
Allow 24 hours or more of break-in. The screws are factory torqued, so please don't take it apart.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Type: passive XLR line optimizer (plugs into a vacant jack)
Versions: female (CF-602F based, for outputs) and male (CF-601M based, for inputs)
Conductors: rhodium-plated Alpha pure copper, one piece; male pins injected with NCF
Body: NCF liquid crystal polymer with NCF damping clips
Internals: audio-grade ceramic capacitor with damping coating, semi-sealed air chamber
Housing: stainless steel and NCF body ring, four-layer hybrid NCF forged carbon fiber shell, NCF end cover
Treatment: Furutech Alpha Process (cryogenic and demagnetization) on all metal parts
