QSA : My take on their expensive products

[flkin]

Good to see you hear differences in cables. So you’re a believer that cables make a difference like me. Seems your main issue is marketing methods and price/value.

It’s true QSAL sells direct and so the only way to get to hear it is to visit an existing owner or borrow it from them. Still pretty rare unfortunately I guess.

 

[ssfas]

Good to see you hear differences in cables. So you’re a believer that cables make a difference like me. Seems your main issue is marketing methods and price/value.

It’s true QSAL sells direct and so the only way to get to hear it is to visit an existing owner or borrow it from them. Still pretty rare unfortunately I guess.

I'm not much of a cable believer. I do believe in high quality DIN phono cables for MC, which is why I first contacted Mark Sears at Vinyl Passion.

I believe in good insulation of power and signal cables. I have cheaper XLR cables from Mogami (via Amazon). I think the Vinyl Passion ones are better, not blind tested.

I love the floppy Puritan cables as they take almost no space.

Ethernet and speaker cables - made to specification and I use Belden cables that cost $10 and $70 respectively.

The marketing amuses me. There's no evidence any of it is true. No evident research. No measurements. Lots of words. Not just QSAL, others as well. My usual approach is to call the manufacturer and speak to them direct. Many of them are very helpful and direct, they don't spew marketing babble, just talk like normal humans. This is how I've chosen most of my hifi, along with home loans.