♪♪♪♪ Acoustic Revive QR-8 Quartz Resonator ♪♪♪♪ Start Price USD 135.00 Current Price USD 135.00 Time Left 11 days 2 hours 35 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, January 17, 2009 Location Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan See more about '♪♪♪♪ Acoustic Revive QR-8 Quartz Resonator ♪♪♪♪' Description   Directly from Japan.. If you find other source is cheaper than mine, please let me know and I will beat his price!!                          Will accept reasonable offers. Please email me. Will ship in 3 business days via EMS SpeedPost with on-line tracking number. Please email me any questions, related to (or not-related to) this items...I know how to handle custom declaration....you do not need to worry about custom duty.... 7   -------------------------------------------------------------- On Dec 23, I was in Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain, for Simon Boccanegra. I was not that familiar with the cast, but I was very impressed by the production and the acoustic effect of the opera house. Had seen many Opera DVDs from this first class opera house, but I had not been able to imagine the impact of watching it on-site. Sorry, it was the first time for me to watch/listen an opera in first class opera house. Opera houses in Japan simply can’t compare..   If you have never been in such first class opera house, you really can’t tell how good (or not good enough) of your system in home.  My next visits to Europe will be Teatro alla Scala, and Zurich Opera House.   -------------------------------------------------------------- As a music lover, Aug 2008, I was in Verona Arena, Italy, for Aida and Rigoletto. Very very impressive. The acoustic effect was better than originally thought and was quite similar to in-house. As the stage was big so the productions were impressive.  Leo Nucci in Rigoletto was still very very good and he is my most favorite baritone.  In Venice, went to a concert held in a church. I liked the acoustic reflection in such place. You will never know the impact until you try the same in church. Without listening live you can't tell how good your system is........Happy Listening.....      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My latest reference system, as of Dec 20, 2008   (AR = Acoustic Revive)    source: Esoteric DV-50s (+ Harmonix TU-220MT + AR RGC-24 + PC Harmonix X-DC SM + AR IP-2F) IC:     Harmonix HS-101GP XLR    Pre-amp: Luxman C-8f (+ Harmonix TU-303EX + AR RGC-24 + PC Harmonix X-DC SM + AR SIP-8F + AR BSIP-2F + AR IP-2F) IC:     Harmonix HS-101GP XLR    Power-amp: a pair of Luxman M-8f (mono blocks) (+ Harmonix TU-666ZX + AR RGC-24 + AR REM-8 + PC Harmonix X-DC SM-350) SC: Harmnoix HS-101SLC    Speaker: Sonus Faber Cremona (+ Harmonix RF-999MT spike base + Harmonix alpha-1 + AR QR-8 tuning chips)    Power Bar: Acoustic Revive RTP-6evolution (+ PC X-DC SM)    Isolation Transformer for mono blocks: CSE TX-2000XN (+ AR REM-8 + Harmonix X-DC SM + Audio Replas CPC-35SZ)   Isolation Regulater for Source, and Pre-amp: CSE RK-100 (+ AR Power Max + Audio Replas CPC-35SZ)    Other Accessories: Acoustic Revive RR-77, RD-3 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Manufactor information: Example of how to use the QR-8 On the main switch of the equipment (Power switch). On the inlet connector of power supply cable. On the lighting switch in the room or ventilation switch. On the top of power supply box. On the center of the door. On the back of Short plug or terminal cover. On the receptacle stabilizer or parallel type filter. On the wall or ceiling of the room. On the main body of the breaker or lever. On the tray lid of CD, DVD and SACD player. On top of the head shell of analogue player. On the power transformer inside the equipment. On the plug of line cable or digital cable. All kinds of plugs (Photo is DC cable plug).   Basic way of how to use the QR-8 How to use on equipments Bottom board Top board Terminal board Place the one QR-8 on the center of each part. If there is not enough strength or hardness, it is effective to place on five places like shown above. Also, if you are placing it on the terminal board, it is effective if you place it near the power supply inlet or input/output terminals. How to use it on speakers The front The back Placing on center, four corners, unit frame or unit will have an effect. The sweet spot and where you place the QR-8 depends each speakers, so listen to the effect and find the sweet spot for your speakers.Also you may experience a big effect if you place it on the magnet of speaker unit or the frame. How to use it on the room or door. Room At first, place one QR-8 on each center of wall, ceiling or floor. If there is not enough strength or hardness, place six to nine of QR-8 like shown in the diagram.Also you may experience an effect by placing on the back of the speakers, surrounding the speakers with QR-8 or placing on the same height as the unit. Door and window At first, place each on the center of door or window. If there is not enough strength or hardness, placing five places can be effective. Principle & Structure Quartz Resonator QR-8 is not magic or occult. Reason why the sound improves by using QR-8 is that because, by placing QR-8 onto an agenda which causes resonance, the resonance frequency of agenda changes and it stops any resonation. Agenda such as plug, connector, parts, equipment switch, equipment housing, and door in the room, windows, wall, floor and ceiling resonates by its particular resonance frequency and by placing QR-8 will change the frequency and stops the resonance. But placing QR-8 to an agenda which does not resonate, adversely QR-8 may cause it to resonate or to over dump. So you have to be careful where you place the QR-8. You can check if QR-8 is causing the agenda to resonate or over dumping by listening to the sound.At first, place the QR-8 lightly onto the agenda which seems to resonate. If the sound improves, it means that QR-8 has stop resonation. If the sound improves, place the QR-8 firmly for a rigid placement. In other wise if the sound deteriorates, take off the QR-8 and try it onto other agenda. The QR-8`s adhesive power will last for a wile, but if the adhesive sheet starts to lose the power, use the replacement adhesive sheet. Finding the best effect carefully is the most important thing. Natural smoky quartz used as materialTill now, aluminum and specially treated aluminum, ceramics and special metal have been used as an material for tuning chipÅDThese materials carry resonance sound, and it only add these resonance sound onto the audio. Even though they stop the resonance, its particular sound gets onto the audio, and more you use these tuning chips, you start losing a feeling of throbbing pulse and intonation. QR-8 does not carry any resonance sound and particular sound, so you can get the sound quality that is realistic and a feeling of throbbing pulse and intonation. This is the reason why we adopted the natural smoky quartz. As long as you don’t choose the wrong resonance point, as more and more you use the QR-8, the sound quality of the audio system gets filled with a feeling of throbbing pulse and intonation. Material of adhesive sheet is also carefully chosenIt doesn’t matter how the tuning chips material is superior, depending what adhesive sheet is used, the sound quality changes and in the worst case, the sound deteriorates. Some adhesive sheet stops the chip material from working as resonance eliminator. Some tuning chips on the market have adhesive sheet which is made from a very thick rubber material that hides the bad point of the chip material. These materials stop the chip from doing the job, and adhesive sheet works as a resonance eliminator. You can’t get a feeling of throbbing pulse, intonation and resonance control effect from rubber materials. Very thin Japanese paper based adhesive sheet is used on QR-8, which does not deteriorate sound quality and resonance control. Japanese paper based adhesive sheet brings out the full potential of the natural smoky quartz. Also QR-8 comes with a replacement adhesive sheet, so you can try the chip on different agenda. Which addenda can you get the best effect?Were to get the best effect from the QR-8 depends on the equipment, system and the room environment. Place the QR-8 lightly onto the agenda which seems to be resonating and find the sweet spot. In most cases, you can get an excellent effect on equipments main power switch, inlet connector of power supply cable, DC cable connector and lighting switch in the room. We recommend you to uses the QR-8 first on these points.   Place a Bid!