QuickSilver GOLD™ and Liquid Resolution™ User Review
First let me say that I am very skeptical by nature and it was after long deliberation that I gave two of these products a try: Quicksilver Gold and Liquid Resolution. Before getting into my review of these products I will describe my system to give a better picture. Vandersteen 3A Signatures, Rotel RCD-1072, Rotel RB-1080, Audioquest CV-8, Cheetah’s and NRG-3’s, Pioneer 53” CRT rear projection, Denon DVD-3910, Audioquest YIQ-3.
First I will address Quicksilver Gold, however I feel there is a synergy between the two products that is magnificent. With QSG, it is vital to wait the 2-week period suggested by the product instructions. The instructions estimate that at this point the product is at about 80% of it full potential, and that seems to me to be dead on. During this period the sound changes quite dramatically. Once completed, my system sounded much more open, airy, and refined. There was a clarity and depth of the soundstage that was previously not there.
I noticed just how much difference there was after about 8 months when I disconnected ONE end of an interconnect, to demo a friends component, and thereby destroyed the polymerization process that had occurred - and my system instantly sounded dull by comparison. Keep in mind that I had the entire system down to the fuses in each component pasted, and this one half of an interconnect made a very significant difference. Although at first I felt this product was expensive, after using it and hearing the difference it made in my system, it becomes insanely cheap! A+ rating in my opinion for QSG.
Now on to Liquid Rez. LR was big surprise to me. The nice thing about LR is that the results are instant and immediately comparable as opposed to QSG - which takes a couple weeks to maximize. I have used LR on about 250 discs and/or movies so far, and in every case, it has made a substantial difference! Some discs I noticed a more dramatic difference than others, but every disc showed significant improvement nonetheless.
One disc in particular that stood out for me was Prince’s Purple Rain (this could be because this is a disc I am particularly familiar with). Now given that with all of Prince’s genius, his recordings are fairly poor to begin with, after treating the disc with LR the music was much more vibrant, detailed, and lively. There was a much stronger sense of space in the soundstage and much greater clarity or transparency. Also, in most cases, it seemed as if the sound was slightly louder (in my estimation, by about a decibel!) and definitely larger with slightly greater slam. To add to these benefits, LR also seems to give a more analog feel to these digital recordings.
As far as DVD’s go the picture becomes clearer and more detailed, while the sound becomes much more lifelike and open, applying similar results to the picture and sound of my movies as it did with my CD’s. Another A+ rating for LR.
Combining these two products has been the most worthwhile AND cost effective tweaks to my system I have ever done. I can honestly say that I will never listen or watch anything important to me again without these two products. Thanks so much Brian!
First let me say that I am very skeptical by nature and it was after long deliberation that I gave two of these products a try: Quicksilver Gold and Liquid Resolution. Before getting into my review of these products I will describe my system to give a better picture. Vandersteen 3A Signatures, Rotel RCD-1072, Rotel RB-1080, Audioquest CV-8, Cheetah’s and NRG-3’s, Pioneer 53” CRT rear projection, Denon DVD-3910, Audioquest YIQ-3.
First I will address Quicksilver Gold, however I feel there is a synergy between the two products that is magnificent. With QSG, it is vital to wait the 2-week period suggested by the product instructions. The instructions estimate that at this point the product is at about 80% of it full potential, and that seems to me to be dead on. During this period the sound changes quite dramatically. Once completed, my system sounded much more open, airy, and refined. There was a clarity and depth of the soundstage that was previously not there.
I noticed just how much difference there was after about 8 months when I disconnected ONE end of an interconnect, to demo a friends component, and thereby destroyed the polymerization process that had occurred - and my system instantly sounded dull by comparison. Keep in mind that I had the entire system down to the fuses in each component pasted, and this one half of an interconnect made a very significant difference. Although at first I felt this product was expensive, after using it and hearing the difference it made in my system, it becomes insanely cheap! A+ rating in my opinion for QSG.
Now on to Liquid Rez. LR was big surprise to me. The nice thing about LR is that the results are instant and immediately comparable as opposed to QSG - which takes a couple weeks to maximize. I have used LR on about 250 discs and/or movies so far, and in every case, it has made a substantial difference! Some discs I noticed a more dramatic difference than others, but every disc showed significant improvement nonetheless.
One disc in particular that stood out for me was Prince’s Purple Rain (this could be because this is a disc I am particularly familiar with). Now given that with all of Prince’s genius, his recordings are fairly poor to begin with, after treating the disc with LR the music was much more vibrant, detailed, and lively. There was a much stronger sense of space in the soundstage and much greater clarity or transparency. Also, in most cases, it seemed as if the sound was slightly louder (in my estimation, by about a decibel!) and definitely larger with slightly greater slam. To add to these benefits, LR also seems to give a more analog feel to these digital recordings.
As far as DVD’s go the picture becomes clearer and more detailed, while the sound becomes much more lifelike and open, applying similar results to the picture and sound of my movies as it did with my CD’s. Another A+ rating for LR.
Combining these two products has been the most worthwhile AND cost effective tweaks to my system I have ever done. I can honestly say that I will never listen or watch anything important to me again without these two products. Thanks so much Brian!