The AB7050HF is also an absorber. If trying to do a shield the graphite sheets are not very long. Thus you would have breaks in material over a cable run. I doubt it would be much success as a tuning ring since it doesn’t seem like it would absorb RF or EMI like the AB7050HF.
I just received the Elite cable with Furutech NCF connectors.
It is plugged into a P20 and replaces a Furutech DPS 4.1 which had the same connectors.
What we hear right away is a clear reduction in background noise.
Then, more realistic timbres, an increase in dynamics and finally an increased focus.
Although Duncan has “cooked” the cable, it seems to me that the NCF connectors need a little more time…
The effect can also be seen on my television, the 3d feeling is more marked.
This cable brings a nice improvement on my system. The problem is that it makes my other sector cables weak.
I’m still waiting a few days to finalize my impressions which are more than positive.
After I will stay the 3M adjustment ring.
Thanks again to Ducan for his kindness and professionalism.
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Fred,
Thanks for sharing.
Yes it takes awhile for things to settle and dialectric to reform. The tuning ring might also work on your other cables. Depending on construction of the other weak link cables you might also be able to shield them with foil wraps of Al followed by a layer of copper foil as RF drain to ground plug. Then also a tuning ring or only tuning ring if you dislike foil look. I have posts in this thread on how to tweak power cables that are lesser to hep increase performance dramatically.
I had already seen your improvements on the mains cables but my wife will not accept “shiny” cables and my 2 children aged 2 and 4.5 will be too attracted…
Before going to sleep, I did a brief listening and the cable “opens”.
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@vmax, with the M-1 in the generator, have you tried adjusting the tuning ring? For instance, I like the sound better when moving the ring of Dragon HC to 12 - 14 inches away from the female end, which is different from the Purple. Depending on the music, I have not found the best location but min. 12" away sounds better in my system.
I just tried it. It is a no go in my system. I lost space around instrumentalists and vocals. All the highs turned to sizzle. Killed my PRaT. Soundstage went 2 D. My magic mids were lost. As was bass definition and Slam. The inch from female end is the spot running too purples on LPS and M-1 on regenerator. Perhaps it works for you or you got seduced by the tilted high end?
I guess that’s why the tuning ring on Stealth is movable, not fixed. Every system is different, and in my system I found moving the ring away gives a better balance with the M-1 in it. Maybe when the 2nd M-1 is here I need to move the ring again.
Another reason is my daughter is at home working remote during Summer. So I’m listening at lower volume than usual. I will try the experience during weekend again.
Well there is no wrong answer if it works for you. I thought it might be better for me initially listening to the Bill Evans album @waymanchen11 likes, until I went back to my Whisper power cable evaluation list. I listened to that so much evaluating cables it stood out the balance was gone as was the space.
Volume differences will change things I have meters on my amps i use for perfect room acoustics loading based on where my room correction filters are optimized. As soon as I matched it up. It stood out.
I am curious if your opinion changes once you go back to your regular volume reference.
It may well be, I’ll find out. The two settings do sound different for sure even at lower volume. I also took out the ring and had to put it back within a minute. Even the magic Dragon needs the ring.
Yeah I tried that tonight too. It was awful without it compared to with it. If I didn’t have the Dragon HC with the Tuning ring I’d be running the 15 amp whisper elite with the tuning ring. But my HT shuts down P20 watching movies without a 20 amp IEC plug feeding it lots of current. System reboots get old watching movies with surprises in LFE explosions.
What gear makes up your HT?
Absorber applied Apple TV4 fed by Inakustik Excellenz Ethernet with a Shunyata venom V14NR.
McIntosh MX150 with MX151 software. MC1000s driving front XR290 at 8 ohm to 2KW. I ghost center channel impossibility finding a center channel to match XR290s . XR290s has solid center images.
MC7106 with four of channels bridged dumping 320 WPC to L&R surrounds that are McIntosh XR19s 8 ohm Remaining two 7106 channels drive McIntosh HT3 4 ohm as rear surrounds at 160 WPC each. Plus a plasma panasonic 65 inch. P20 drives all. Plus all my iconoclast cables.
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I backed the Dragon HC tuning ring about a 1/4 inch less than dollar bill height from back of Dragon female plug. Bass was bit two warm running 1 inch back. I blame the extra purple fuse. May need the extra M-1 to perfect it.
A busy day today (golf), but later will try different setups. I suspect I may need to adjust rings on other PCs too to get the best combo. I’ll try tonight.
In 24 hours the Elite cable “opened”.
The image is very wide, a very good sound quality with incredible silence.
There is no longer this halo which made the sounds less perceptible and less defined.
I need to turn up the sound less to hear all the music and when I turn up the sound it “slaps” without being aggressive.
I think there is still room for improvement because the Furutech NCF connectors take a very long time to break in.
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I had a little time today to adjust the ring with 2 M-1 fuses in the system.
When the volume is up, moving the ring towards Dragon female plug gives a better soundstage and body weight, while moving away the soundstage becomes a bit thinner and flatter. Also, the focus is better when the ring is closer to female plug. This is more apparent when streaming. The 2 M-1 in my system has changed the sound (neutral/clean/weighted), and the ring closer to female plug wins out again; until next time.
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Sounds like you’re hearing things close to me now. Maybe having the 2nd M-1 at first you wanted it leaner. I discovered when I was In CA on business. Someone must have switched the Room Perfect from focus to Global mode. The Purple was thus confusing me. It got a lot better. Great tunes and music. Perhaps I did not need to order that 2nd M-1 fuse? Hopefully it gets better again.
Believe me you would want that 2nd M-1. It is something you did not know you are missing but will not let go once you have it.
It is interesting the other day I liked the ring farther away better. Could it be the CD I was playing at lower volume? or because the M-1 was breaking in? As of right now I am back to the original setup. 
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The Elite cable with Furutech NCF connectors has been plugged into the P20 for a week now. The cable and/or the connectors have become dewy. I will not go back to the Furutech Dps 4.1!
The music is much more readable, more focused (3D)
The music flows and is very natural.
As the cable is very quiet, we discover new sounds hidden until now and the 2 ends of the sound spectrum go further.
The dynamic is also up significantly.
I specify that I have an AM M-1 fuse in the P20 and another in the preamplifier.