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The $250 power cables and $600 power strip that dethroned my $10k Shunyata Everest

Hello fellow audiophiles. I've been using products from QSA Lanedri who I believe offer the best price to performance ratio on the market today for their power and signal cables. You may have heard of Quantum Science Audio fuses and might even have some installed in your system. QSA Lanedri have perfected this technology/treatment and are now offering it in their power and signal products. The line of products in particular is called Veridion Discovery which is their most affordable line. I currently own 2 Veridion Discovery power strips (daisy chained), 8 power cables, 3 ethernet cables, 1 DC cable. Initially I was sent a power and ethernet cable to try and was so impressed I ordered more including the power strips. I have been comparing their power cables to much more expensive cables from Audioquest and Furutech. I've also been comparing their power strip to my Shunyata Everest power conditioner and found I prefer the Discovery power strip. Infact I'm in the process of trading in my Shunyata Everest and corresponding Sigma X power cable for either a better integrated amplifier or speakers. Once you pair up Discovery power cables with the Discovery power strip things improve dramatically. Not only does audio improve but picture quality and home cinema improves also and will challenge anything at any price. I will say the Discovery line requires a few days of continuous use or "burn in" period before proper evaluation. I compared their Ethernet cables to the likes of Audioquest Diamond and Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 and again preferred the Discovery line. Through the Discovery products music sounds cleaner and clearer with a heightened sense of realism. This also applies to film and TV. Compared to the Shunyata Everest picture quality is now cleaner with more vibrant colours. Motion and panning shots are improved with less stutter. I will add that I have the power strips on Auva EQ CSA1 isolation footers. All of my equipment is sitting on Auva EQ footers which I found were better than the Isoacoustic Oreo footers I had previously. The Discovery products look very basic and don't scream high end but from my experience they can go toe to toe with the best at very affordable prices! They offer a 30 day money back guarantee for peace of mind. Definitely worth a look. Cheers.

 

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ionna22
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@vitussl101 

I took a look out of sheer curiosity.

"... it transforms ordinary materials into superconductors, ensuring flawless electron flow, heightened conductivity and a sonic purity..." - that triggers alarm in my head right away (I have MS in EE).
You cannot transform ordinary metals into superconductors unless you lower surrounding temperature to a quite low levels.
The most conductive metals are silver, copper and gold, respectfully. 
True, metal conductivity can be improved a bit using very special treatment. The question is - do we really need to?

Let's talk about power cable. 12-gauge wire resistance is 0.01588 Ohms per 10 foot. Accordingly to the law, 10-foot round trip with a 5-amp load (that is 120V x 5A = 600 Watts) has a voltage drop of approximately 0.16 Volts. Assume your magic tecnlogogy gives a 100% of improvement. That is 0.08 Volts loss. Do a math, convert it to power. Does it really makes a difference on your AUDIO signal? If you think "yes" - go and buy that amazing cable.

"QSA, a proprietary marvel born from 22 years of intensive research and 4 years of rigorous testing... QSA technology remains a closely guarded secret" - wonderful. I am not asking for secrets. Why do not provide your "rigorous testing" results and show exacly what is impvoved?
Truly, I never saw ANY testing/comparison result from any magic cable maker. Please show me, if you find any.

Again, if you are confident that magic works - go for it.

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bigtwin
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@ionna22  Thanks  for providing a bit of math.  It should also be noted that many or most of these tiny gains are not perceptible to human hearing.  So sometimes there are measurable gains, but they still mean nothing in real world applications.  IMHO.  Cheers.

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ionna22
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@bigtwin Absolutely.
That is why I am saying - show what your tests "improve" and let’s see the impact on electrical signal, frequency, distortion, etc. Otherwise it is only in one’s head.

Another point a lot of people do not consider is that a cable is only a small part of a circuit - that is, power wires in your walls or wires inside of your speaker box (4 feet tall tower speaker has at least 4 feet of wires inside of a box). Attempting to "improve" a part of a circuit does not solve a problem (if it ever exists, of course). In fact, it can make it worse. It is like replacing only front tires in a car.

westcoastaudiophile
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@ionna22 "Let's talk about power cable. 12-gauge wire resistance is 0.01588 Ohms per 10 foot. Accordingly to the law, 10-foot round trip with a 5-amp load (that is 120V x 5A = 600 Watts) has a voltage drop of approximately 0.16 Volts."

your calculation is valid for linear load only, such as incandescent bulb! in the area of sound amplification, the only 2..10% of AC sine wave time is used to charge capacitors bank. higher SQ amps typical capacitor charge time is much shorter than cheap/low SQ ones! that’s why p-p voltage drop in amp power network is much higher, comparing to purely resistive load. at the same power. 

short "cable only” resistance typically is less important than interconnects, which includes inlet/outlet paring, thus good quality connectors are beneficial for SQ overall.

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