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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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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    @Christiaan Punter already answered the question but here are Emile's own words: "I don’t have a preference for which length to use." https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-cr%C3%A8me-de-la-cr%C3%A8me.27433/page-844#post-871415 "7m is the maximum length.. Longer...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Yes, no doubt. These have been my observations: The higher the quality of your main system's bass, (1) the harder it is for a subwoofer to match it making integration more challenging and (2) the less you need a subwoofer, especially if your main speakers are already full range. Before adding...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    The Importance of Bass I would never classify myself as a basshead nor do I listen to a lot of bass-heavy music -- while I enjoy all types of music, I listen mostly to unamplified acoustical music -- but over the years, I've developed a serious appreciation for good bass. Good bass, after all...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    If the Q-L DAC cable and DC cable collectively are at least as impactful as the Taiko switch and NIC, this would suggest that these 2 items at least double the SQ improvements brought forth by the Taiko switch and NIC. This is not a knock on Taiko because another way of saying this is that the...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    The Gamma SFP+ DAC (cable) is being marketed specifically for the Taiko network switch and NIC. It is uniquely in this environment where this cable is expected to sound better than the Gamma LAN cable with RJ45 connectors. When tested with other switches and NICs with SFP ports, sound quality...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    It is available as either 5m or 7m. The shorter lengths have not been tested as they likely will sound inferior due to the smaller 30awg conductor used. The 5m and 7m use 24awg conductor which is 4x more conductor mass.
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Iconoclast cables are NOT the base for the Infinity line. "Infinity" designates a grade of treatment that is available at all levels from Gamma to Spectra to Ultimatum. The 2 different treatment levels at this time are "Revelation" (the entry level treatment option) and the "Infinity" (the...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Thank you for your post, Clement, and welcome to WBF! It was your initial review of QSA's fuses on Stereotimes back in 2020 that first introduced me to QSA. It emboldened me to gamble what felt like an absurd amount of money on one of QSA's Red fuses and my experience with this Red fuse was...
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    QSA : My take on their expensive products

    The burn-in I have experienced with QSA--Lanedri cables is similar to the QSA fuses. They sound decent immediately then they go through ups and downs where they don't sound impressive at times but never have they sounded offensive like the outlets. Because these outlets are made of brass and...
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    QSA : My take on their expensive products

    I'm happy to share my burn-in experience with the QSA outlets. I purchased a pair of QSA Silver outlets with Crystal treatment directly from QSA in Hong Kong last year and with zero hours on these outlets, they did not sound as good as my Silver fuses but they didn't sound bad and I heard the...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    The Ultimatum speaker cables while large and very heavy are surprisingly very flexible and a 90 degree bend will not be a problem.
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Because a fuse sits in such close proximity to the component, it's impact is bigger than most would imagine and to remove a QSA fuse despite all the QSA cables I have results in a fairly painful letdown but yes, in my system, the impact of cables is greater than the impact of a fuse.
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    The Ultimatum speaker cables use massive 4/0 (0000) AWG wire, the most massive wire we are aware of in use in the world today in a speaker cable. We are aware of no binding posts that will accept this mass of bare wire and so bare wire is simply not an option. Bananas are not a good option...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    I like how you both think. R&D in these areas are ongoing. As you allow your imaginations to wander, you can see how potentially huge the implications are to treat everything in the audio path including even the speakers and so don’t be surprised if this R&D is actually happening. I’m sure...
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    QSA LANEDRI Series

    Adding to what Anas has stated, if the budget is tight, if you have one key component that is especially valuable in your audio chain, like an "all in one" device that houses a streamer, DAC, preamp, and amp, for example, obviously target your most important component. In that situation, one...

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