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Our\u00a0QBASE Reference<\/a>\u00a0has grabbed the attention of the press\u00a0again<\/strong>! The most recent QB10 review comes from Jacob Heilbrunn of The Absolute Sound. After years of enjoying our\u00a0QB8<\/a>, Jacob was blown away by the QBASE Reference, particularly how the QB10 could achieve so much while remaining “invisible” in his system.

He noted, “With the insertion of the new QBase Reference, I heard an audible and immediate improvement in clarity, scale, bass extension, and detail.”

Beyond that, Jacob was also shocked by the extension in soundstage the QBASE Reference delivered\u2013something that, in his opintion, no other device had come close to achieving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can now read Jacob’s review of the QBASE Reference in its entirety here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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