Michael,
I have a TWL Obsession (all NCF connectors) going from a Furutech GTX NCF wall outlet into Dave's latest upgraded PI UberBuss with Furutech NCF IEC inlet and 3 GTX NCF duplex outlets. From there I use TWL 7+ PC's to 2 stereo ICE 1200AS2's identical to what Rich has (no, NOT Mivera), in Takachi cases with all Furutech connectors. These 2 amps drive a pair of JBL M2's, bi-amped with active XO. I also have a PS Audio BHK preamp and PS Audio DirectStream DAC, with TWL 12 and TWL Digital American PC's respectively.
It does take a while for all that NCF and Uber magic sauce to settle down, but yes, it all sounds very purdy
Tom
Welcome to the world of NCF rhodium. It is a lot like climbing to the top of Mount Hood. It takes a while, you need to weather the storms and then you have to go back down. Takes a while, for sure. After you weather that the rewards can be very satisfying.
A few years ago I hated rhodium. Sounded hard, harsh, shrill and brittle to me and Gayle. After some arm twisting I tried the Furutech versions and they sounded better, but still hard out of the box. I left the system running on a two week trip with an old Purist Audio break-in disc running 24/7. When we got home the world had changed. The system sounded smooth, detailed and very clear with lower noise. I was shocked. That is when I started trying different brands and polishing up the connectors on what I was already using.
What I learned is that highly polished connectors sound way better than mill finished. Polished connectors are essential for low noise connections because of micro-arcing.
The heavy-revy was that rhodium sounds incredible IF your system is not too bright to begin with in repro.
Expensive? Yeah. Too expensive for many. There are alternatives that are less expensive. Bottom line is that rhodium and Furutech NCF in particular is close to magical
YMMV