Anyone HEARD the qol 'signal completion' device?


An ad in TAS... touting this box. I remain skeptical but would like to know what your impressions are if you have heard whatever it does!
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Showing 6 responses by milpai

Ok Peterayer, I get your point now. Thanks. But lets hope that they don't suddenly start charging $2500 for the wave radios :-)
Thanks to all the responses on this thread. What I have derived from the messages I read was that, you can get very good sound from an untreated room using QOL, OR the QOL "effect" is like getting your room treatment in place, where everything sounds just like the recording engineer intended while recording the music. It was mentioned earlier that QOL throws the room out of equation. At the moment room treatment costs suits me more than the QOL. From the last few messages, it is also looks like room treatments will not be system or recording dependent, unlike QOL.
Marc777/Setonaudio
You guys seem to be blinded by the "QOL effect". Either that or you guys have poor interpretation skills. I have mentioned the positive virtues about QOL, equivalent of not having the room dimension into consideration when playing music. I am in the process of setting up my new music room, which is squarish (mentioned on another thread), and the QOL passed my thought that way. But I don't want to add another circuit in my system. The room treatments are my highest priority and seem more suitable, at least for now.

I would rather wait at least a year and read the user (not dealer or magazine) reviews before even thinking of investing in a product like QOL. I have read Ozzy's other threads and his review seems genuine. But I will wait for other too.

Setonaudio, don't get me wrong. Your enthusiasm for QOL is too much, for a QOL dealer. It seems as if you take personal offense if people do not think too much about QOL.
Peterayer,
I would differ from your point of view on qol's purpose of mid-to-low-fi environments. We will have to define this "mid/low-fi". What may seem "hi-fi" to me, may be "low-fi" by your standards. The reason being "affordability".
At the same time, I also disagree with Ozzy's comments that the better the system, the effective the qol is.

Following this thread, I have concluded that qol introduces a "perspective". Some folks like it and some folks don't like it. Neither is right or wrong. It depends on what perspective you are seeking. I have a doubt that there are some folks who may have been impressed with qol. But the very idea of "yet-another-circuit" in the system may have put them off - psychologically. This may be the reason why products like qol do good in the market, but are not very popular.