Tweaking a Power Plug with Furutech

We audiophiles are a compulsive, persnickety bunch. We fuss, fiddle, tweak, adjust, calibrate, measure, tinker, and toil — all to achieve the highest quality of sound reproduction possible. A generation ago, this obsession with getting everything just right was pretty much limited to the equipment itself. Most components came with captive or detachable power cords, the sufficiency of which was seldom questioned. Interconnects and speaker cables were also fairly basic affairs — rarely did audiophiles feel the need to experiment with replacements. Then something happened: Early makers of cables — e.g., Monster Cable, Cobra, Vampire Wire — set out to convince us that wires could alter the sound of an audio system.