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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    My apologies to Anas. He sent me an early prototype of the Ultimatum PC some months ago but it is only now that I am finding the time and proper frame of mind to post my impressions of it. Because of severe exhaustion and burn-out, I quit my job in California and have moved to Hawaii. I am...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Lol, Darryl. This 4/0 power cord is a "one off" proof-of-concept prototype that is Anas' brainchild. Only Anas has personally experienced this power cord (I am not brave enough to try it). As far as I know, there are no plans to make this a product due to practical and safety concerns but...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    The Schroeder method is a good way to increase conductor mass and would be useful for analog and potentially digital interconnects. With LAN, the limiting factor are the RJ45 connectors. Maybe someone with more knowledge than me can answer this but I am not aware of any RJ45 connectors that...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Looking forward to when you receive all your Aries Cerat gear, Will. Please do share your experience.
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    R&D Update #4 - The Taiko Network Switch and NIC The Taiko network switch and NIC finally arrived to my home last week and I have spent the past 5 days breaking it in. I thought I'd share my experience here. Photos don't do them justice. They are works of art: A trusted colleague...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    R&D Update #3 - Improving the LAN cable Unfortunately, certain cables do not and will never lend themselves to being large gauge and so QSA treatment on cables like this will have limited impact. With LAN cabling, because of the limitations of the design of RJ45 connectors, 23awg is about the...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    R&D Update #2 - The impact of treating DC wire Thus far in our R&D with treating wire, we had treated AC wire exclusively (both power and signal). There was no reason to believe QSA treatment wouldn't benefit DC wire, we just hadn't gotten to it until recently. I had @QSA-LANEDRI treat a few...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    R&D Update #1 As those of you who have read my previous posts on this thread know, at one point, I had an inexpensive $200 NVIDIA Shield TV Pro performing roughly on par with my much more expensive Taiko Extreme music server, a server that thus far had been the finest music server I had heard...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Lol, that's exactly what I said. Emile loves that kind of talk. :cool:
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I am in private conversations with Emile to send him cables. Nothing fishy going on. I am curious to know what he thinks and he is curious to know how they sound.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes, there are a few of us with a Taiko setup who have purchased the QSA-Lanedri Ultimatum speaker cables. At 4/0 AWG, these speaker cables are the most massive commercially available speaker cables I am aware of and most capably manifest the effects of QSA's treatment. Their impact is nothing...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes, exactly. I will be the first to sign up.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Skepticism is welcome.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Yes, both the DAC cable and DC cables will be sent to Emile.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    The QSA-Lanedri DC cable is more impactful than the DAC cable because it is a larger gauge cable. Where the DAC cable maxes out at 24awg, the DC cable extender being marketed by QSA-Lanedri for $1k is 14awg with the barrel connectors on each end providing even more mass of metal. The impact is...
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