Nordost products are designed to allow you to enjoy your favorite performances as they were intended to be heard. All of us here are passionate about great music, and want to share our passion with you. Each one of us has our own style… We listen to a wide variety of artists and genres but, in a way, we appreciate them all. We thought that we would share a few of the songs on our own personal playlists with you each month. Some may be classics, some may be brand new, some may not even be to your tastes, but we hope that there is something here for everyone.
Here are some of the songs that we will have on rotation this April.
You can now listen to our monthly playlist here: TIDAL | SPOTIFY | QOBUZ
Human Behaviour – Björk – Debut
Jonathan – Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek – a-sides
Sailing to Philadelphia – Mark Knopfler, James Taylor – Sailing to Philadelphia
Moonlight Mile – The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Take Me to the River – Lorde – Take Me to the River
Ghosts – 2003 Digital Remaster – Japan – Tin Drum
Spacelab – Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine (2009 Remaster)
BLACKBIIRD – Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts – COWBOY CARTER
Missing – Everything But The Girl – Amplified Heart
If you have ever read the literature about Nordost’s QRT Audio Enhancers, you are familiar with their cohesive and cumulative nature. What does that mean? Two things: QRT products all work together to accomplish their desired effect, and the more QRT products used, the better your results will be.
In this blog, we will take a moment to look at how products that make up the QRT family work together, which of Nordost’s Sort System Resonance Control products can enhance your investment in QRT, and some examples of fully optimized hifi systems, using Nordost’s QRT line.
QBASE Mark III
The QASE Mark III is a passive AC distribution unit that addresses the noise caused by conflicting signal and ground paths in a hifi system. It does this by using Star Earth Topology, a design that provides ground separation and allows stray voltages and eddy currents to be referred to one, central, ground point. In the current QRT line, the only difference between the QB4 and the QB8 (or the QB6 in the UK) is the number of outlets available to each model: 4 or 8 (or 6). So, when choosing a QBASE Mark III, simply discern the number of components you need to plug into your system, and the amperage needed to run your system, both QBASE Mark III options are available with either a C-14 or C-20 IEC (C-14 IEC = 15/10 amp, C-20 IEC = 20/16 amp), and you are good to go. For more information on the QBASE Mark III, click HERE.
Products to complement and optimize the QBASE Mark III:
QRT Plug-Ins – QSINE, QWAVE, QVIBE, and QKOIL devices improve upon poor-quality AC. More information on each, individual QRT Plug-In can be found HERE.
QKORE – Grounds the primary side of the power supply through artificial, parallel grounding.
QKORE Wire/Premium QKORE Wire – Offer a connection from the binding post on the QBASE to the QKORE Ground Unit.
QLINE – In appropriate situations, this offers a connection from the binding post on the QBASE to an external ground rod or grounding box.
QRT Stand Mount – Adds stability and the ability to introduce resonance control.
Sort Kones – 4 Sort Kones of your choice to drain damaging vibrations from the chassis of the QBASE.
QBASE Reference
The QBASE Reference, like the QBASE Mark III, is a power distribution unit. However, in addition to providing 10 outlets, the QB10 is a dramatic upgrade including a Dual Primary Earth design, internal solid core Micro Mono-Filament wiring, Pre-QKORE ground design, specifically optimized and modified QPOINT technology, multiple internal QSINE and QWAVE devices, and resonance control Sort support. For more information on the QBASE Reference, click HERE.
Products to complement and optimize the QBASE Reference:
QRT Plug-Ins – While two QSINE and QWAVE devices are already included within the internal design of the QBASE Reference, the modular and cumulative nature of QRT Plug-Ins means that more will always be better.
QKORE – Grounds the primary side of the power supply with an artificial, parallel grounding device.
QKORE Wire/Premium QKORE Wire – Offer a connection from the binding post on the QBASE Reference to the QKORE Ground Unit.
QLINE – In appropriate situations, this offers a connection from the binding post on the QBASE to an external ground rod or grounding box.
QKORE
QKORE parallel grounding devices provide an artificial, “clean” earth for hifi systems by using both an electrical and mechanical approach. By drawing stray high-frequency noise and voltage-generated magnetic fields to a manufactured earth point, the QKORE leaves a clean reference behind. There are models of QKORE that differ in the number of binding posts available: QKORE1 with one binding post that grounds the primary side of the power supply, QKORE3 with three binding posts that ground the secondary side of the power supply, and the QKORE6 with six binding posts which grounds both primary and secondary sides of the power supply. For more information on the QKORE, visit HERE.
Products to complement and optimize the QKORE:
QKORE Wire/Premium QKORE Wire – Provides connection from components in the system to the binding posts on the QKORE Ground Unit.
Sort Kones – 3 or 4 Sort Kones of your choice to drain damaging vibrations from the chassis of the QKORE.
QPOINT
The QPOINT is a resonance synchronizer that manipulates the electromechanical resonances inside audio components within its immediate proximity so that they resonate in unison with each other. For more information on the QPOINT, visit HERE.
Products to complement and optimize the QPOINT:
QSOURCE – Provides stable, clean DC power which feeds the QPOINT so that it can produce the maximum output.
QSOURCE DC Cable/Premium QSOURCE DC Cable – Connects the QPOINT to the QSOURCE Linear Power Supply
QNET
The QNET is a layer-2, five-port Ethernet switch designed and constructed from the ground up to maximize audio performance. Placing a QNET in a digitally driven system dramatically improves the transmission and receival of high-speed audio signals, while achieving extremely low noise operation. For more information on the QNET, visit HERE.
Products to complement and optimize the QNET:
QSOURCE – Provides stable, clean DC power which feeds the QNET so that it can produce the maximum output.
QSOURCE DC Cable/Premium QSOURCE DC Cable – Connects the QNET to the QSOURCE Linear Power Supply
QNET Stand– Adds stability and the ability to introduce resonance control.
Sort Kones – 3 Sort Kones of your choice to drain damaging vibrations from the chassis of the QNET.
QSOURCE
The QSOURCE is a linear power supply that provides a stable, clean output of DC Power at select voltages. Its unique design removes electrical anomalies and noise artifacts from the line and smooths out DC output. For more information on the QSOURCE, visit HERE.
Products to complement and optimize the QSOURCE:
QSOURCE DC Cable/Premium QSOURCE DC Cable – Connects the QSOURCE to the QPOINT, QNET, and any other DC-run audio component that can receive power from Nordost’s linear power supply.
QRT Stand Mount – Adds stability and the ability to introduce resonance control.
Sort Kones – 4 Sort Kones of your choice to drain damaging vibrations from the chassis of the QSOURCE.
