Anybody have any experience with the BSG QOL phase shifter that Robert Harley loved?

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Mike Gillespie

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I was thinking of getting one but would like to know if anybody on the forum has tried it.

BSG offers a 30 day trial (you just pay shipping) and they've gone direct so the price is lowered 40% from previous 4k list.

One thing that concerns me is that BSG is just a small, single product company and while there was a buzz after Robert Harley's glowing review almost two years ago, I believe that sales might have fallen quite a bit (hence, going direct and cutting the price so much). So I worry about buying one and in a year, the company is gone so the warranty can't be honored and then having to look for someone to repair such an esoteric item.
 
I really enjoyed the time I had with mine, couldn't fault it & recommended it a few times too. Then i went top shelf digital, thats still smarting a tad in the wallet.
 
Mike Gillespie said:
I was thinking of getting one but would like to know if anybody on the forum has tried it.

BSG offers a 30 day trial (you just pay shipping) and they've gone direct so the price is lowered 40% from previous 4k list.

One thing that concerns me is that BSG is just a small, single product company and while there was a buzz after Robert Harley's glowing review almost two years ago, I believe that sales might have fallen quite a bit (hence, going direct and cutting the price so much). So I worry about buying one and in a year, the company is gone so the warranty can't be honored and then having to look for someone to repair such an esoteric item.
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Bill Hobba in Oz has one and posted a long thread there. He likes it a lot.
At $2,500 direct, its a much better deal than $4K. I think they erred in the beginning and should have made one in a cheaper case and sold it for $1500 direct and gone after the volume! Its a tweak (though an elaborate one) afterall and they should have priced it as such...more of an audiophile no brainer.
 
You can read my review over at What's Best Forum - Stereo Field Editor.

It's a gimick that you can't adjust. The initial experience is breath taking, but after a while, you find out the sound is not accurate and can be easily replicated by any number of plug-ins or hardware boxes much cheaper and with more flexibility
 
Bruce B said:
You can read my review over at What's Best Forum - Stereo Field Editor.

It's a gimick that you can't adjust. The initial experience is breath taking, but after a while, you find out the sound is not accurate and can be easily replicated by any number of plug-ins or hardware boxes much cheaper and with more flexibility
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Hi Bruce, I hear you. Never heard one, but the results have been polarizing.
 
Yeah, I thought about that afterwards, and knowing you I knew that you would have posted the link.
So I realized that you need ten posts before you can post links and pictures.

Then I searched for it myself (to help), and it took me a while because I was not using the right words in my google search, and finally bingo! The magic words, and you gave them too in your above post, were: Stereo Field Editor. They brought me directly to your review.

* Only seven more posts to go Bruce. :) ...And I'm truly happy you're here.
 
I would say "a gimmick" are very harsh words. It's not claiming to do things it doesn't do, one listen tells you it achieves this & also everyone has the choice to buy it or not. It's no different from room correction or an eq really in a broad sense, I really enjoyed my time with it & then went on a truth to the recording crusade. Each to their own & I personally would say try the free trial period, it may be just what someone was looking for in their system.
 
sharkmouth said:
I would say "a gimmick" are very harsh words. It's not claiming to do things it doesn't do, one listen tells you it achieves this & also everyone has the choice to buy it or not. It's no different from room correction or an eq really in a broad sense, I really enjoyed my time with it & then went on a truth to the recording crusade. Each to their own & I personally would say try the free trial period, it may be just what someone was looking for in their system.
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But Kev, that is Bruce's opinion in his own words, no? ...And besides, "gimick" is a completely inoffensive word.
 
...a gimmick in my part of the world is not a slight, it means it's no good & you Bob are a gimmick.













See what I mean :)
 
sharkmouth said:
...a gimmick in my part of the world is not a slight, it means it's no good & you Bob are a gimmick.

See what I mean :)
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From my best dictionary at home:

gimmick or gimick \'gim-ik\ n 1: an important feature, not immediately apparent. 2: a new and ingeniously well grounded strategy or plan. 3: a cool gadget; esp : one used discretely or incognito.

* Thank you very much so Kev. :cool:
 
Bob, I don't do schematics, they are the opening & the closing for ?,my preference is one offs, otherwise i get offensive..............
 
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