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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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@phcollie.There maybe some truth to the statements you made.

My system is not a Raven Blackhawk or Tekton Moabs!
No I own a Audio Hungary Qualiton X200 and QLN Prestige 3 speakers, a Clearaudio Innovation Compact Wood Turntable and, Clearaudio Stradivari MM Ctg and a Lejonklou Phono Section. Bel Canto DAC 2.7 and CDt 3. All my cables are Signal Cables. And it all sounds spectacular!

Whats even better is I tried all these Voodoo stick’s, stones and crystals when I owned a Raven Blackhawk and Klipsch Forte IV. I soon figured out that it will never be the system I really desire voodoo or no voodoo.
You know you can stuff a Porsche motor in a Honda Accord and at the end of the day it is still a Honda.

Chuck can glue all the magic stones and crystals to his system and it will still sound like a Blackhawk hooked up to Tekton Moabs.

That is great for @millecarbon but not for me. I will bet he has more money tied up in voodoo tweaks than he has in his core components.

Of course, shills will state "You have under-developed listening skills" , "Your system is not resolving" , or the old and tested "They require system synergy with components you lack".
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@tsushima1  +1 on that. 
He hasn’t a clue … he’s a Dog Chasing Cars !

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He hasn’t a clue … he’s a Dog Chasing Cars !
+2 on that, and it’s more than just cars he chasing.
Just look at the dubious amount of products attached to that system, must be 10 of every pieces of each ever made. A how does he tell what’s doing, if everything transforms the system as he says it does.
And the lava lamp has me intrigued because it’s so close to interconnects etc , they have a rubbish power supply to light and heat the wax that makes a lot of noise.

Cheers George
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coralkong


And others, why address me directly, I don’t address you to make you do it.

Why not put up a technical argument to counter what I and others say about this stuff instead of going personal route?

Or better still get the designer/owner of this stuff to post the same musical improvements that his stuff can do here as you lot say it can do.
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+2  clearthink
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