Know anything about the BSG Technologies QOL?

Phil,

As a technical person myself, I had many of the same thoughts and reservations you seem to have. I am not one for mystery but rather facts. I then did myself a favor and approached BSGT for an audition. Fact...I loved it and it did what it was supposed to do without diminishing the fidelity of the music. As a signal purist, this was extremely important to me.

I liked it so much that I immediately became a dealer and added it to my line of wonderful brands of gear and our line of custom music servers.

I have said this in a previous post and will say it again. I don't think BSGT is going to give their secret sauce to anyone, anytime soon. That said, do yourself a favor and have a listen. You may just be pleasantly surprised and inspired to listen to your entire music collection with Qol to hear what you have been missing all these years.

Ozzy, I am happy to hear you are loving the unit. That comment has not even started to get old to my ears.

If you or anyone is in the San Francisco Bay Area, I would be happy to audition a unit for you, at our shop or at your home. Just give us a call... setonav.com 510-279-2600

I don't think that the soundstage is larger than life. The way I would characterize it would be to say the there is the illusion of more air around the instruments. What I am evaluating are commercial CD recordings that I actually made myself. Since the BSG unit is so new, the one thing nobody can talk about yet is the synergy between it and other components, particularly loudspeakers. I suspect that really analytical transducers, like planars and electrostatics really benefit from this technology; while big box monsters, like the Wilson Alexandrias might not fare so well. All the controversy made stem from the synergy issue. After all, everybody knows about this problem in matching the right amplifier with the loudspeaker. That is why BSG offers the 30-day money back guarantee.

Phil, My answer to your question is yes.

By the way, I at one time owned the top of Zu's cable. Today, I use a simple 5N Pure soft annealed silver cable at a fraction of the Zu cable cost.
Again, to my ears, my system, my tastes I think it sounds better.
Don't get mad or upset, go listen for yourself to a Qol.

Ozzy,

I'm not sure how Zu cables are pertinent to this thread but I certainly don't get upset over anything audio. All cables are pretty much fixed parametric equalizers so they're all flawed from a fidelity standpoint. We each just select the least deleterious that also suit our sense of musical rightness, given the rest of the gear connected. Soft annealed silver should sound quite good in the right context. If you used Zu Varial & Ibis in the past, they are by both materials and geometry exceedingly revealing. In some uses too much so for some people with some associated gear. What works for you is what you should have. 5N soft silver ought to be great.

I am looking forward to hearing a QOL.

Phil

Since the matter of cable has come up, I though I would put in my 2 cents: 1)if you use the same interconnect in the signal path, you are probably ahead. 2) XLR is WAY better than RCA (that's why they were invented and are used in pro mics.). 3) Shorter is best. 4) Most high-end interconnects are snake oil. Start with good electricity and most of the nasties don't get in. Keep interconnects away from power cords. Speaker cables are a black art. Again, shorter is better. Phil is correct about the subjective corruption of the signal by all interconnects; however, careful selection can create a cancellation effect, where weaknesses and strengths cancel each other out.