{"id":3757,"date":"2018-06-14T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2018-06-14T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:28:11","slug":"soundstage-australia-reviews-the-qkore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/soundstage-australia-reviews-the-qkore\/","title":{"rendered":"Soundstage! 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The cure, as Peter found, was QKORE.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;What the QKORE1 then does by giving a musical blood transfusion to each and every audio component, and to so clearly and audibly \u2018AC lift\u2019 the performance of my entire system, is genuinely astounding.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can now read Peter\u2019s QKORE review in its entirety here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstageaustralia.com\/index.php\/reviews\/155-nordost-qkore1-ground-unit\">Nordost QKORE1 Ground Unit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find this review and more great Nordost reviews on our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordost.com\/reviews.php?utm_campaign=Product%20Reviews&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9LO7L4TjMZgEgFEhfxHroCwmhWI4r_goAhPtBoiCVKDrVi0rqI6A_b8JhpRhlgcbCHPCI9\">Reviews Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3674\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QKORE-three-versions_style.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QKORE-three-versions_style.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QKORE-three-versions_style-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QKORE-three-versions_style-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QKORE-three-versions_style-500x231.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month yet another fabulous review of the\u00a0QKORE\u00a0was released. 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