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Qv2 and other oddities

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Qv2 AC Line Harmonizer

The QVIBE Qv2 is designed to enhance the musical performance and picture quality of any audio or video system, delivering readily demonstrable benefits at an incredibly affordable price. It can be used as a “stand alone” product or to complement a full QRT system with a QBASE and Qx2 or Qx4. The Qv2 works directly on the AC line, introducing a carefully calculated range of pulsed frequencies, clocked from the original 50 or 60Hz waveform. The result is a drop in noise floor, with a commensurate increase in image depth, dimensionality and presence, significantly increasing the realism of both musical and visual performance. Like other QRT products, the benefits are cumulative and Qv2s are even more impressive when used en masse.

The compact, “plug-top” construction of the Qv2’s mechanically tuned high-tech housing allows it to be inserted into any free socket on your system’s AC line – although adding directly to a QBASE maximizes the benefits. Available in either US NEMA or Eu Schuko configurations, and compatible with 50/60Hz 100 – 240V supplies, standard adaptors can be used to employ the Qv2 in other markets.

The Qv2 employs a mechanically tuned carbon fiber housing and high quality gold plated connection pins. It is built entirely in the USA and carries a two-year warranty.


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Qx Power Purifiers

Each QX unit contains an array of QRT field generators (two in the QX2, four in the twice as powerful QX4) that act to alleviate the impact of poor quality mains power on your sensitive electronics, limiting RFI and timing errors associated with the AC line. Place a Quantum QX unit at the heart of your system and you’ll hear a lower noise floor, greater dynamic range, more fluid musical expression and greater space and ambience. Or, to put it another way, QRT’s QX technology will move you closer, much closer, to the performances recorded on your discs. Results that you can hear, but results that can be also be measured (see www.quantumqrt.com).

Unlike other AC conditioning devices, the QRT units won’t cramp dynamics or limit peak current. They just let you hear more of your music (and less of your system). Used in conjunction with the QBASE and Qv2, the Qx units provide the basis of a highly effective answer to the insidious influence of poor AC supplies on musical reproduction. And because of QRT’s modular approach to AC treatment, you can add additional units as you go along – they never become redundant. So the Qx4 delivers twice the musical benefit you get from a Qx2, while a second Qx4 will double it up again. Once you’ve got used to the sense of life and effortless musical flow that comes from having QRT technology in your system, you will want more – which is what makes the modular nature of the QRT products so appealing.

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The manufacturer:
http://www.quantumqrt.com/

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What is QRT?

The Quantum Resonant Technology Qx2 and Qx4 are sophisticated Scalar field generators, employing technology derived from research in the discipline of quantum mechanics that allows the ordering and stabilization of magnetic field effects, effects that are significant and widespread within and around high-quality audio and visual systems. Each component passing current will produce and also be affected by the multiple magnetic fields that result, not to mention the powerful permanent magnets employed in loudspeaker drive units. The QRT field generators are an effective, proven method of minimizing the sonic and visual impact of these stray fields. Simply listen to or look at their impact on your high-end audio or AV system to understand just how important their contribution can be. But you don’t need to take this on trust; Quantum Resonant Technology units have produced significant, repeatable and measurable changes in the performance of hi-fi and visual display units under test.


And measurements:
http://www.quantumqrt.com/submenu.asp?Menu...mp;ContentID=26


Any comments? Was this addressed somewhere else? Could find nothing when searching. And what ffs is a Scalar field generator?


 

Qv2 and other oddities

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And what ffs is a Scalar field generator?

It's intentional obfuscation...  It doesn't mean anything...    Maybe some vague reference to magnetic fields* generated by inductors.      They want create a positive impression and for the customer to think they sort-of understand what it means.  This is typical of most audiophile terminology.  They avoid scientific/engineering terminology (volts, amps, decibels, frequency response, noise, etc.) and use scientific-sounding words & phrases that don't have any real scientific meaning.

They can't give away their secrets.  If you found out what's inside, you'd probably find-out how cheap it is to build, and you could figure-out what it actually does.

I'm an engineer and I have no idea what those graphs & measurements mean!

If power-line conditioning changes the sound, you've got badly designed audio equipment or a very-bad power line.  The power supply in good audio equipment is already designed to filter-out power-line noises & minor glitches.  It's actually easier, and generally more effective, to clean-up the DC power inside the equipment, than to clean-up the incoming AC!

You can buy a traditional power line filter (or filtered power strip).  There's no secret to this technology....    These have a low-pass LC (inductor & capacitor)  filter to filter-out radio frequency noise and usually a "surge" device that knocks-down voltage spikes.    But if your line power is really bad, you might need a real power conditioner or the type of fully-isolated "online" UPS that converts AC to DC, charges a battery, and then converts DC back to AC.  (But, electronically generated AC can noisy too..)    Companies that make good power line conditioning equipment are open & honest about what their equipment does.


* You'd generally like to avoid magnetic fields.  Equipment and cables are shielded to block/reduce EMI (electro magnetic interference).