These snake oil products are making Audiogon a dumping ground for rubbish to sell to the gullible.
Cheers George
QSA Stones
I have had 6 QSA Stones on top of my power conditioner (2 each of red blue and clear) for about three months, and have really enjoyed what they bring to my system. This week, I got another set of 6.
One thing I have learned over many years in this hobby is the importance of power supplies, and the impact they have on the sound of individual components and systems. A number of audiophiles with DIY skills upgrade the power supplies on components with bigger and/or better capacitors, and in various other ways. Unfortunately, I lack the skills to do this.
I ended up placing the new stones on top of the power supplies of my CD transport and amp (1 red, blue and clear on each). To me the very positive results sound similar to upgrading the power supplies, without all the hassle of soldering etc. Particularly with my amp, there was an increased sense of ease and musical flow, along with more solidity and authority.
I don’t claim to have any real explanation as to how the QSA stones work, but it seems to have something to do with their interaction with electromagnetic fields, such as those around power transformers. Fortunately, I don’t need an explanation to enjoy the results🙂
If you think this is all bunk, or can’t see how these type of things can have any impact on the sound, that’s fine, but I’ll politely ask you to refrain from making repeated posts to that effect. The QSA Stones are obviously not for you, nor is this thread directed towards you.
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I actually have a fourth type of QSA Stone: the extremely rare nothing stone. It’s supposed to be a clear color stone but there is absolutely nothing there on top. Just a completely smooth brown cow chip. Doesn’t say much for QSA’s quality control. I did inform Mike of the problem but he never got back to me. No big deal, maybe it will be a rare collector’s item one day. |
A quick check of the people interested only in mockery shows most of them don't even have a system. One has a decent entry level setup on a normal shelf in front of a fireplace. Just the kind of thing that could be improved a lot for not much investment of money if only he were interested in investing some brainpower to improvement instead of mockery. This is how you do it. Another one seems okay until reading down the system components we find "Cables Gone thru so so many". So a guy who has yet to figure out the basics is mocking more advanced audiophiles. For reference- and I do mean reference- here is the system of the kind of advanced audiophile you all should be doing your level best to learn from. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 It really doesn't have to cost a lot to make some big moves in the right direction. Just last week someone posted how much better their system sounds just from routing cables as I recommended here. You guys could do it too. First step, maybe not be such a yugebohner. |
QSA stones are pretty far down on my "wish" list, but I don’t doubt that they do "something" to your system. Whether or not I understand it is irrelevant. I wonder if they have a similar effect to SR’s GCT’s (or whatever they’re called)? Those, supposedly, are the bees knees, but I have no experience with them. |
Dear God .... Such *Desperate for attention* arrogance ... ”For reference- and I do mean reference- here is the system of the kind of advanced audiophile you all should be doing your level best to learn from. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 ” |
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