Furutech The Empire-E Power Cord (1.5m) EU version

Description

The Furutech The Empire-E Power Cord (1.5m) EU version is a top-tier power cable designed to provide an exceptionally clean, stable, and interference-free power supply to high-end audio and video systems. Engineered with Furutech’s cutting-edge technologies and premium materials, The Empire-E power cord ensures optimal conductivity, reduced noise, and enhanced audio performance, making it an excellent choice for audiophiles, home theater enthusiasts, and professionals. This EU version is tailored for European-style power connections and is crafted to maximize the performance of your equipment, delivering clarity, precision, and dynamic sound quality.

Introduction

In high-fidelity audio systems, the power supply is a critical factor that significantly affects overall performance and sound reproduction. The Furutech The Empire-E Power Cord is meticulously designed to provide a pure and stable power supply, minimizing noise and interference that can impact your audio signal. The 1.5-meter EU version is ideal for high-end setups, ensuring that your equipment receives a reliable and high-quality power source, allowing it to perform at its best.

Key Features

1. High-Purity Alpha-OCC Conductors
   • The Empire-E is constructed with Furutech’s high-purity Alpha-OCC (Ohno Continuous Cast) copper conductors, which offer superior conductivity and minimal resistance. This ensures efficient power transfer, resulting in a cleaner, more accurate power supply for your audio equipment and improved overall performance.
2. FI-E50 NCF (Nano Crystal² Formula) Schuko Plug and FI-50 NCF IEC Connector
   • The power cord features Furutech’s high-quality FI-E50 NCF Schuko (EU plug) and FI-50 NCF IEC connectors, both incorporating Furutech’s Nano Crystal² Formula (NCF). This technology utilizes a crystalline material with piezoelectric properties that generate negative ions, eliminating static and effectively reducing noise for a purer power delivery.
3. Alpha Cryogenic and Demagnetization Treatment
   • Furutech applies its proprietary Alpha (α) Cryogenic and Demagnetization treatment to the conductors and connectors. This treatment enhances conductivity, reduces internal stresses, and ensures smoother power transfer, resulting in a more natural, dynamic, and detailed audio experience.
4. Triple-Layer Shielding for Noise Reduction
   • The Empire-E power cord is equipped with advanced triple-layer shielding that protects against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI), ensuring that your audio signal remains clean and free from external noise. This shielding helps maintain signal integrity, delivering clearer and more detailed sound quality.
5. Durable and Flexible Design
   • The power cord features a flexible yet durable outer jacket, allowing for easy installation and management in various setups. Its robust construction ensures long-lasting performance, even with regular use in demanding environments.

Benefits

• Superior Power Transfer: The high-purity Alpha-OCC conductors and Nano Crystal² Formula (NCF) connectors ensure efficient power transfer, resulting in enhanced audio clarity, detail, and dynamic range.
• Reduced Interference: The advanced triple-layer shielding and NCF technology effectively protect against EMI and RFI, ensuring that your equipment receives a clean and noise-free power supply.
• Reliable and Durable Construction: The high-quality connectors, combined with Furutech’s Alpha Cryogenic treatment, provide a secure, stable connection and long-lasting performance.

Ideal for Audiophiles, Home Theater Enthusiasts, and Professionals

The Furutech The Empire-E Power Cord (1.5m) EU version is perfect for:

• Audiophiles: Who demand the highest level of audio fidelity and want to ensure that their equipment receives the cleanest and most stable power possible.
• Home Theater Enthusiasts: Looking to enhance the performance of their home theater systems by providing a consistent power supply to AV components.
• Professional Audio Installers: Who require a high-quality power cord to maximize the performance of high-end audio equipment in professional setups.

Technical Specifications

• Conductor Material: High-purity Alpha-OCC (Ohno Continuous Cast) copper
• Connector Type: FI-E50 NCF Schuko (EU plug) and FI-50 NCF IEC connectors with Nano Crystal² Formula technology
• Length: 1.5 meters
• Insulation: High-quality insulation with advanced triple-layer shielding for EMI/RFI protection
• Application: Ideal for high-resolution audio systems, home theater setups, and professional audio equipment

Installation Tips

• Ensure Secure Connections: Insert the connectors firmly into your audio equipment and power source to maintain a stable connection and optimal power transfer.
• Proper Cable Management: Avoid running the power cord parallel to signal cables or other sources of potential interference to maintain signal integrity.
• Handle with Care: Although The Empire-E is built for durability, handle the cable with care to avoid unnecessary stress or bending, ensuring long-term performance.

Why Choose the Furutech The Empire-E Power Cord?

• Superior Conductivity: The Alpha-OCC conductors and Nano Crystal² Formula connectors provide unmatched conductivity, ensuring efficient power transfer with minimal loss.
• Enhanced Audio Performance: The combination of high-quality materials, advanced shielding, and Furutech’s Alpha Cryogenic Treatment results in noticeably improved sound clarity, detail, and dynamic range.
• Reliable and Durable Construction: The precision-engineered connectors, robust insulation, and flexible outer jacket ensure that The Empire-E delivers stable, interference-free power for years to come.

The Furutech The Empire-E Power Cord (1.5m) EU version is an outstanding choice for anyone seeking to provide clean, stable, and high-quality power to their high-end audio and video equipment. With its high-purity Alpha-OCC conductors, advanced NCF technology, triple-layer shielding, and Furutech’s proprietary cryogenic treatment, this power cord ensures that your equipment receives the best power supply possible.

Whether you’re an audiophile striving for superior sound quality, a home theater enthusiast looking to enhance your system’s performance, or a professional installer working on high-end audio setups, The Empire-E offers the level of performance needed to optimize your equipment. Investing in this high-quality power cord guarantees a more dynamic, detailed, and lifelike audio experience.

RATING
NEMA Version: Type: 2-Pole + Earth • Rating: 15A 125V AC
EU Version: Type: 2-Pole + Earth • Rating: 10A 250V AC

FEATURES
Furutech Astoria and Empire power cords
If you’re a musician or a recording professional, ask yourself the following question: Do your current power cords make sense?
They might make sense to your budget or in the context of your recording and playback equipment, but are they making sense to your brain? Does the music you create in the studio sound like the music in your head, natural and inviting and emotional? Or do you listen to your music with an imaginary clipboard in your lap, checking off what’s right about the sound you’re getting—and what isn’t so right?
The new Furutech Astoria and Empire power cords were designed for demanding professionals just like you. Developed in Tokyo with extensive feedback from musicians and recording professionals, the Astoria and Empire power cords have been specifically tuned and balanced to deliver greater punch and dynamics to your sound—more of what you’re hearing in your head and in your heart.
In fact, choosing between the Astoria and the Empire provides you with even greater control over the type of sound you’re trying to achieve. Pick the Astoria if you’re aiming for quick response and natural speed, mated with deep and powerful bass. The Empire, on the other hand, offers a well-balanced sound with incredible resolution so that you hear every detail and nuance. It’s up to you.
Just replace the existing power cords for your amplifiers, mixing consoles, microphone preamps and even your entire recording and playback system, and you’ll immediately hear more top-to-bottom coherence in the sound. Dynamic range will be greater than ever before, and the music will sound effortless and expansive instead of congested, edgy or muddy.
Your music will start to make more sense where it counts—in your brain.
The legendary design team at Furutech are experts when it comes to preserving the signal path and delivering an end result that’s accurate, honest and uncompromised. Our innovative (Alpha) PC-Triple C power cable, used in both the Astoria and the Empire, is the result of a proprietary forging process that involved repeated rounds of metal folding—the same method used to create the katana, the sword used by Samurai warriors!
We’ve taken that art of sword-making to new levels, however, by applying variable high pressures to high-purity oxygen-free copper. This creates a forging process that is identical to folding the steel of a katana tens of thousands of times. This ensures that the crystal grain boundaries deep inside the copper are rearranged so that electrical current travels through the signal path more smoothly than ever before.
Add our renowned gold-plated connectors, our noise-reducing (Alpha) conductor shielding, our vibration-controlling RoHS-compliant flexible PVC sheath and our patented Floating Field Damper grounding system and you’ll have a razor-sharp tool for extracting the finest results– both in the studio and on the stage.
Use Furutech’s Astoria and Empire power cords for all your recording and playback needs and the end result will not be subtle.

SPECIFICATIONS
Amazing Features
• Fitted with Gold-plated Furutech FI-11M (G) or FI-E11(G) and FI-11(G) IEC connector
• α (Alpha) conductor shield for protection against radiated noise
• RoHS-compliant Audio grade flexible PVC sheath improves vibration isolation
• Special Audio grade flexible PVC Insulation contributes to reduced capacitance
• Floating Field Damper™ (Earth/Ground Jumper System) with US Patent No.: 6,669,491/ European Patent (EP1445837)

Cable Specifications
• Conductors: 45-strand PC Triple C 0.32mm x 3 cores
• Insulation: Audio grade Flexible PVC (Brown, Light Blue, Green with Yellow striping) OD: 5.0mm diameter approx.
• Inner Sheath: Audio grade Flexible PVC (Black)
• Shielding: 0.12mm OFC Wire Braid
• Sheath: RoHS-compliant Audio grade flexible PVC (Dark Green), 16.0mm diameter approx.
• Outer Sleeve: Nylon yarn braid
• Length: 150cm approx.