In my experience, and to my ear, the blue diode setting sounded best in every comparison I tried and in all locations within the system. Once you’ve established a general preference, Nordost suggest finer tuning of the selected field for each individual component, but for me, blue is the colour. Your experience, with different electronics, may vary. But what you won’t be wanting to do is switch settings to match different recordings. While turning the QPoints off and on can be achieved with the single switch (assuming use of the Source), swapping between color settings is more cumbersome and requires sliding each QPoint out of position to access a recessed switch.

The end Point…

As I’ve already mentioned, when I first received the QPoints for review, I was a bit skeptical. They don’t just bring the worst connotations of the word ‘tweak’ to mind, just try explaining why you have silver hockey pucks scattered around your components to a non-audio friend! Too many of the ‘tweaky’ things I’ve tried over the years have failed to deliver a lasting benefit for me to be blasé about such things.

But even so, any hesitation regarding the QPoints was almost immediately overcome. Unlike sticking ‘coins’ to the wall, not only was it simplicity itself to conduct ABACA comparisons, where the results were consistent and always postive, they were substantial enough to eliminate expectation bias. While the difference with and without QPoints was always there, it wasn’t always musically transformative – although it often was. I will be the first to admit that I cannot explain the science behind resonance synchronization. But one thing that is for sure is that I can demonstrate what it does and, in terms of my audio system, it does it splendidly.

 

Prices and availability:

QPoint Resonance Synchroniser – $875 ea.

QSource Linear Power Supply – $2,750

QSource DC Premium Cable – $390/1m (+$75/additional 0.5m)

All prices in USD, plus local sales tax.

Manufacturer:

Nordost Corporation, USA

www.nordost.com