Extreme Snake Oil

[Deleted member 58670]

Even my old AST 486/66 PC from 1993 could play back hires audio perfectly....

 

[AaronJ]

a $3100 AC outlet that changes the way you listen to music...

It "will improve resolution, soundstage, and overall tonal/timbre balance in your system..."

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Break In​

The higher the performance QSA receptacle, the longer the break in time. The Gold is no different, and being the top tier receptacle will require up to 60 days of break in time.

Q:I already have (insert brand name here) power conditioner. How will a wall receptacle improve the sound if the AC has to run through the power conditioner before getting to the components?
Q: Should I get rid of my power conditioner then?

A:All I can say is it does. It makes a system wide, huge difference. Even though the AC coming from the wall receptacle has to flow through all of the filtering of the power conditioner. Whatever the QSA receptacles are doing to eliminate noise, your power conditioner is not filtering the same noise, and it will not hinder the performance of the QSA receptacle. Your power conditioner and the QSA receptacle are working on two different levels, and types of noise. I guarantee you will hear a difference.

A:Maybe, but probably not. As I said, power conditioners provide RF filtering, and other benefits. The QSA receptacles seem to work on different types of noise. All I know is that there is a significant improvement in the sound, even if you keep your power conditioner.

 

[Somafunk]

On another forum I’m on someone has raved about these isolation devices, each to their own and all that jazz but the marketing copy for them along with the cost gets my spidey senses tingling

Apex Component Couplers - Quiescent

Quiescent component couplers ground your system by draining high-frequency noise from your system chassis, eliminating mechanical vibration.

quiescent.co.uk

 

[Audiofire]

My listening started with the Apex50 under a Moor Amps Angel 6 power amplifier, a 29 kilo beast that normally sits on four hard rubber feet atop an equipment rack that has damped spring suspension and thus is quite well isolated from energy travelling through the floor. Here three Apex50s managed to open up the soundstage and add definition to the image, it became apparent that this was achieved by lowering the perceived noise floor because quieter sounds were easier to hear. These feet allow the amplifier to produce greater purity of tone too, notes seem to be cleaner and there is more space between musicians. They did wonders for Michael Franks’ Art of Tea album on vinyl which had more groove, space, definition and solidity of treble.

Placing three Quiescent Apex60 Couplers under Tom Evans’ Linear A valve power amplifier had a different effect to that found with the Moor Amps, here there was a significant increase in image focus brought about by greater clarity and definition in the sound, the amplifier became more articulate, better able to reveal precisely what was going on in the mix. The change was not subtle at all and elevated this already remarkable amplifier another step or two up the high fidelity ladder.

Apex50 £1,250/ set of 3
Apex60 £1,950/ set of 3

Quiescent Apex40, 50 & 60: Splendid Isolation | The Ear

The Quiescent Apex range of component Couplers is distinctly different from the isolating products found elsewhere. For a start they are asymmetrical and

the-ear.net

Fool me once, shame on you...

 

[Mnyb]

a $3100 AC outlet that changes the way you listen to music...

It "will improve resolution, soundstage, and overall tonal/timbre balance in your system..."

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Improved tonal balance? So this will work even if your system is schreehy and brigth or dull and uninvolved actually improve from any situation, ha ha .

 

[Audiofire]

Improved tonal balance? So this will work even if your system is schreehy and brigth or dull and uninvolved actually improve from any situation, ha ha .

Audio has very sensitive feelings, so mood also changes and it can change its mind, haha

 

[Punter]

"Turn a Quiescent Apex of any size over and it appears to be a shell that’s filled with some kind of resin, it’s not clear what goes on within this internal highly damped part of the block but Quiescent describe it as a honeycomb structure and this combined with the shapes on the surface is said to provide an irregular path for dissipating vibration. "

These items are nothing more than 3D printed plastic shapes. The internal "honeycomb" is the "infill" component of the print. In general, no 3D print is solid but has a solid shell with a semi hollow centre.

So basically, the maker has generated these items with no bottom layer and then filled the honeycomb infill with resin. The only additional component is the metal spike. All up these would run about $10 to make at the absolute outside.

 

[Somafunk]

So basically, the maker has generated these items with no bottom layer and then filled the honeycomb infill with resin. The only additional component is the metal spike. All up these would run about $10 to make at the absolute outside.

I’m not going to mention that to him in the thread, I’ll get a warning…….again

 

[Audiofire]

Only crazy people buy that anyway.

 

[Purité Audio]

I’m not going to mention that to him in the thread, I’ll get a warning…….again

You received a warning from a moderator for pointing out complete foo, but not here?
Keith

 

[Somafunk]

You received a warning from a moderator for pointing out complete foo, but not here?
Keith

on a certain forum (that shall be not mentioned) that you got banned from

 

[Purité Audio]

That doesn’t narrow it down.
Keith

 

[ErVikingo]

This claims to improve grounding. I'm no PE but, this is not connected to ground.....

Ground Black Hole

 

[Ropeburn]

But if they don't, then at least in EU it is illegal to sell them.

Of course. What worries me more is that apparently it's legal in the US. I mean, what the hell?

 

[Ken1951]

Quiescent Apex40, 50 & 60: Splendid Isolation | The Ear

The Quiescent Apex range of component Couplers is distinctly different from the isolating products found elsewhere. For a start they are asymmetrical and

the-ear.net

Fool me once, shame on you...

What kind of drugs was that reviewer on? Sounds like a very advanced AI audio word salad generator.

 

[Deleted member 58670]

Quiescent sounds like a good name for a suicide pill

 

[mhardy6647]

...and it appears to be a shell that’s filled with some kind of resin, it’s not clear what goes on within this internal highly damped part of the block...

oh, my mistake! I thought I was on the UFO thread, reading a transcript of some Congressional testimony.




EDIT:
oh.
PS on my initial, quick glance at the photograph, I thought I was seeing small flames emanating from these gizmos! Now that would be innovative (if perhaps a little hard to square with global CO2 emissions accords )

 

[AdrianusG]

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"Turn a Quiescent Apex of any size over and it appears to be a shell that’s filled with some kind of resin, it’s not clear what goes on within this internal highly damped part of the block but Quiescent describe it as a honeycomb structure and this combined with the shapes on the surface is said to provide an irregular path for dissipating vibration. "

These items are nothing more than 3D printed plastic shapes. The internal "honeycomb" is the "infill" component of the print. In general, no 3D print is solid but has a solid shell with a semi hollow centre.

View attachment 408269

So basically, the maker has generated these items with no bottom layer and then filled the honeycomb infill with resin. The only additional component is the metal spike. All up these would run about $10 to make at the absolute outside.

but,

Warranty: 20 years, so there's that i guess!, not bad for a product without any electronics and does absolutely nothing!

 

[JaapD]

What kind of drugs was that reviewer on? Sounds like a very advanced AI audio word salad generator.

No drugs involved I guess. Just ‘follow the money’ and everything drops into perspective.

 

[kchap]

It's not the first time I have used this terrible pun but I am forced to use it again. I'll just prepare myself. Ahem..

An audiophile and his money are soon parted.