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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In addition: If these cables actually did what is claimed, every company in the world that utilizes cables, every power grid, every military, every aerospace entity, would be tripping over each other to use this ’secret technology’, yet as far as I know their sole market is selling it to the tiny niche of guys who listen to music. Anyone have an opinion as to why that might be? Anyone? |
I couldn't help but notice some of those same words in the "marketing" verbage from the manufacturer of an amplifier I most recently purchased:
"Four additional DC regulated power supplies are housed in the amplifier section along with added proprietary circuits for an environment that is near perfect, the audio signal passes as if it’s a straight wire with gain. (phase shift is ultra low, impulse speed is ultra fast) Pure Class A operation with Zero Feed Back. Total electrical noise is 100% isolated from the upper amplifier. Special Thermal consideration in design now controls temperature stability for the sensitive DC current regulators. " Wait, there is more. What if you read this on a manufacturers website? "You awake from your reverie to a clarion call. The audio pilgrims’ great journey must continue, taking you into even more rarified atmospheres where the muses sing and dance with delight. Here are steep slopes only the technically prepared mountain goats dare to navigate. The unfortunate and unprepared may fall, but musical Truth comes into even clearer focus as one’s eyes look towards the summit. This is place of hawks whose cry reverberates with such clarity and presence that you feel more alive. Your soul gets its high octane boost from the first child of Truth. Is it all worth it? One word YES! This model will bring you to tears as it presents an unbelievable listening experience, music comes alive with an uncanny transparency, open air sound-stage. Bass is tight, forceful, articulate, like no other SE on the market PERIOD “except ours” It’s as if the musicians and performance are right in the room with you. Stunning “Feel the music” " Ridiculous? Absolutely. You would jump all over this too. And yet if someone "formed their subjective opinion" and dismissed listening to one based purely on these words they have done themselves a disservice. it is the most incredible amplifier I have ever had. Words mean nothing. Not mine, not yours, not a reviewers or a website. Proof is in the listening. |
I am no expert in any of these fields, but I don’t think so. With transmission lines it is just easier to bump the voltage and reduce the current to reduce losses over long distances. *Actually, utilities in my area have been going back to using aluminum instead of copper for the cost savings, they just use a larger size and anti-corrosion goop. With anything else it is probably more cost effective to increase size of the conductor than treat it with whatever to increase its conductivity/lower resistance than zap it/pulse it with high voltages, infuse it with carbon/xxxxxx, or apply whatever this secret sauce might be. it’s worth stating: Our ears are more sensitive and accurate than any human built instrument. |
There was a similar discussion on the HiFi Five last week, only in reverse on how most of the technology in Audio (circuits in particular are 40-50-100 years old and that manufacturers are using exotic materials to and fancy marketing terminology to enhance cost, not performance. Give it a visit, it is spot on and in theory applies to this application, enhancing a $2.00 product to sell for $250.00. https://www.youtube.com/live/Lii0CQzwjzU?si=lkp9SfHuAPQFgI7I |
I believe you asked me in a previous post whether I could reconcile the things you've just discussed and I responded that I would have the same skepticism as you have. I can only account for the improvements I'm hearing and seeing in my system at what I believe is a good price point. If the Discovery cables are not for you then I wish you well on your journey. |
