The Braun MultiQuick 5 is an immersion blender with a detachable blending arm and a couple of speed settings. It feels well-built and is very easy to clean as you can run the shaft under hot water, and it's dishwasher safe. The MQ505 variant comes with a whisk attachment as well as a 20oz beaker for blending, and there are other variations with different included attachments as well.
Our Verdict
The Braun MQ505 is passable for multi-purpose use. It can hot blend in a pot or pan and make an adequately smooth blend with fibrous ingredients like broccoli or kale. It makes a smoother blend with smaller batches and isn't bad for the occasional batch of nut butter or hummus. While it doesn't come with as many extras as some blenders, like the Braun MultiQuick 9, it has a 20oz beaker and a whisk attachment for making whipped cream or hollandaise sauce. It's also well-built and quiet when it's running.
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Very easy to clean.
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Can blend hot food.
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Makes a fairly smooth blend with fibrous ingredients.
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Can't really crush ice.
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Take a while to process ingredients.
The Braun MQ505 MultiQuick hand blender is adequate for single-serve smoothies. It makes a decently smooth blend with fibrous fruits and vegetables, so single-serve smoothies won't be overly grainy or leafy. The 20oz beaker is a good size for a smoothie, and it's dishwasher-safe along with the blending arm. However, ice cubes and bigger chunks of frozen fruit may not fit under the blade guard, which makes it almost impossible for the blades to reach them. Like most immersion blenders, it takes a while to process fibrous ingredients, so it's not the most convenient smoothie maker.
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Very easy to clean.
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Makes a fairly smooth blend with fibrous ingredients.
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Take a while to process ingredients.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 is adequate for multiple servings of smoothies. Since it's an immersion blender, you can blend in your own container and aren't limited by the size of the 20oz beaker. It makes a fairly smooth blend with fibrous ingredients, so smoothies with blueberries or kale won't be completely smooth but won't have big leafy bits left over. Unfortunately, it can't crush ice or similarly-sized chunks of frozen fruit because of the small width of the blade guard. That said, it's sturdy and easy to clean.
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Very easy to clean.
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Take a while to process ingredients.
The Braun MQ505 MultiQuick hand blender isn't suitable for crushing ice. Unlike immersion blenders that can crush ice, like the Breville Control Grip, the bell guard is too narrow to allow ice cubes to reach the blades.
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Very easy to clean.
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Can't really crush ice.
The Braun MQ505 MultiQuick hand blender is excellent for soups. Since it's an immersion blender, it's meant for blending hot ingredients directly in a pot or pan. While it doesn't completely liquify fibrous elements like kale or broccoli, it makes a fairly smooth blend and will have an easier time with softer ingredients like cooked carrots or tomatoes. It doesn't offer a very wide range of speed settings, but it's well-built and quiet when it's running.
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Very easy to clean.
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Can blend hot food.
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Take a while to process ingredients.
The Braun MQ505 MultiQuick hand blender is decent for professional use. It's sturdy, quiet when it's running, and its blending arm, 20oz beaker, and whisk attachment are dishwasher-safe. It makes an adequately smooth blend with stubborn elements like kale and can help with tough blends like nut butter as well. However, it's almost impossible to use for crushing ice.
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Very easy to clean.
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Can blend hot food.
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Makes a fairly smooth blend with fibrous ingredients.
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Can't really crush ice.
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Take a while to process ingredients.
- 6.4 Multi-Purpose
- 6.4 Smoothies (Single Serving)
- 6.6 Smoothies (Multiple Servings)
- 4.4 Ice Crushing
- 8.9 Soups
- 7.3 Professional Use
- Updated Mar 29, 2023: Updated text to match Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Aug 25, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Sep 08, 2020: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This blender is available in several variations that come with a different assortment of attachments and accessories. We expect the other variations to perform similarly when used with the same attachments. Listed below are all variations of the 2-speed MultiQuick 5, including the MQ505, which is the model we tested.
| Braun MultiQuick 5 MQ505 | Braun MultiQuick 5 Baby Food Maker MQ523 | Braun MultiQuick 5 MQ537 | |
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| Immersion Blender |
1x Motor body |
1x Motor body |
1x Motor body |
| Personal Jar | 1 x 20 oz Beaker | 1 x 20 oz Beaker + lid | 1 x 20 oz Beaker + lid |
| Attachments |
1x Whisk attachment |
1x 1.5-Cup chopper attachment |
1x Whisk attachment 1x 2-cup chopper attachment |
| Additional Accessories | N/A |
1x Spatula 1x Silicone Baby Food Freezer Tray |
N/A |
Braun also makes the MultiQuick 5 Vario, which has 21 speeds instead of two. This model is available in two variations: the MultiQuick 5 Vario MQ5000 and the MultiQuick Spiralizer & Hand Blender MQ5064. These weren't included in the table above, as we'd expect they may perform differently thanks to the extra blending speeds.
Compared To Other Blenders
The Braun MQ505 MultiQuick is a simple, sturdy hand blender. Like the Braun MultiQuick 7, its blade guard design doesn't allow it to crush ice, but it's suitable for smoothies, soups, and even small batches of nut butter or hummus. Unlike the Braun MultiQuick 9 and 7, it has only two speed settings, so you might prefer a different model if you like to have more control over the blending process. Those models also have more accessories, like a masher and a food processing bowl.
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The Braun MultiQuick 5 and the Braun MultiQuick 7 have different strengths. There are only small differences in their blending performances, but the 7 comes with a variety of accessories, including a masher and a food processing bowl with extra blades for purposes like chopping veggies and grating cheese. Its design gives you much more control over the blending speed. On the other hand, if you're just looking for a simple blender, the 5 is quieter when it's running.
The Braun MultiQuick 9 is a better immersion blender than the Braun MultiQuick 5. The MultiQuick 9 has a slightly different design to help bring the blades closer to the ingredients you're blending, which allows it to crush ice. It takes less time to process ingredients and comes with a masher attachment. However, the 5 is quieter when it's running and a little better for processing small batches of fibrous ingredients, like for a single-serve smoothie.
For most purposes, the Breville Control Grip is better than the Braun MultiQuick 5. The Breville has a better overall blending performance. It's better for processing fibrous ingredients, which is important for well-blended smoothies and soups. It makes smoother nut butter in less time and can crush ice. It comes with more accessories, including a food processor. However, the Braun is quieter and lighter.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 is better for most purposes than the Cuisinart Smart Stick Two-Speed Hand Blender. The Braun is much sturdier and quieter and comes with a whisk attachment for making whipped cream or salad dressing. The Cuisinart isn't well-built, but it can make a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients, especially in smaller batches, which you might care about if you plan to make smoothies.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 is better than the Cuisinart Smart Stick Cordless Hand Blender. The Braun is better built and quieter and makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients in recipes like smoothies or soup. On the other hand, you might prefer the Cuisinart blender's cordless design.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 and the KitchenAid KHBBV53 have different strengths. The Braun is much sturdier. It comes with a whisk and produces better results when it comes to making thick mixtures like nut butter or hummus. However, the KitchenAid has a cordless design, which you might like if your kitchen is short on plugs near the stove. It makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients, which is important for recipes like pureed soups and smoothies.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 is better than the Vitamix Immersion Blender. The Braun has a better build quality and makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients, making it more suitable for pureed soups or fruit smoothies. It's quieter when running and comes with a beaker and whisk attachment for making whipped cream or salad dressing.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 is better than the Mueller Ultra-Stick Hand Blender. The Braun feels sturdy, especially compared to the Mueller, which has poor build quality. It can also handle tougher blends like nut butter.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 is better than the Bamix Mono M133 for most purposes. It can produce a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients, so it can make silkier soups, sauces, and purees. Its blending arm is detachable for easier storage and cleaning. On the other hand, the Bamix has a sturdier design. Both blenders come with whisk attachments, but the Bamix also includes beater blades for mixing batter.
The Braun MultiQuick 5 and the All-Clad KZ750DGT have different strengths. The All-Clad has a better blending performance, since it can produce smoother smoothies and soups, takes less time to make nut butter, and manages to crush ice. However, it's not well-built and is very loud. The Braun is much sturdier and quieter and still makes a fairly smooth blend with fibrous fruits and vegetables. It also comes with a beaker and whisk attachment, unlike the All-Clad.
The Crux Artisan Series Cordless Immersion Blender is battery-powered, and the Braun MultiQuick 5 is a conventional plug-in immersion blender. The Braun is better for most uses since it makes a smoother puree with fibrous fruits and vegetables. It's also quieter and sturdier. However, you might like the Crux if you want to be able to easily move around your kitchen since it's cordless. It also has a smaller motor body that can be more comfortable to hold.
Test Results
It's a small immersion blender with a removable blending shaft, making it easy to store in most drawers or cabinets. It's a bit smaller than the higher-end Braun MultiQuick 7.
This blender feels well-built. Its build quality is very similar to the Braun MultiQuick 7, and it's made of good-quality plastic and rubber. However, the connection point between the motor body and the blending arm is entirely made of plastic, and the motor body's handle feels a bit cheap.
This blender comes with a 20oz jar that you can use for blending, but its capacity isn't limited by the jar since it's an immersion blender that you can stick directly in a pot or pan.
The plastic beaker doesn't have a lid, but it can go in your dishwasher for easy clean-up.
There are two fixed blades on the end of the shaft. While the blades aren't removable, the blades/shaft are dishwasher-safe.
This blender doesn't come with a lid for its beaker.
The power cord is fairly long, so you can reach most outlets near your counter. It also has a velcro tie to help wrap up the cable when not in use.
It's adequate for small batches of fibrous ingredients. It takes a while to blend something like a kale smoothie, like most immersion blenders, which is slightly annoying because you need to hold the motor body and keep the power button pressed the whole time. The final blend has visible grains left over but no big leafy pieces.
It's disappointing for bigger batches of fibrous ingredients. If you're blending something like a batch of broccoli soup in a big pot, it takes a long time to get the best results. Compared to when you blend smaller batches, it struggles to fully process the kale and makes a grainy puree. The Braun MultiQuick 7 has a faster max blending speed and makes a smoother blend more quickly.
It's hard to crush ice at all with this blender. The bell-shaped blade guard isn't wide enough to fit ice cubes, so they have trouble reaching the blades.
It's adequate for nut butter. The immersion design that requires you to hold the blender and keep one of the power buttons pushed is especially annoying for tougher blends like nut butter since you need to blend for several minutes. However, it's not too bad since you don't need to stop and clear the blades every few minutes, and in the end, it makes good nut butter with just a few unprocessed chunks.
It's among the quieter immersion blenders we've tested, so compared to some models, using it for several minutes is less annoying.
There are two speed settings, with a 'Turbo' setting that's a bit faster. This doesn't leave you with many options for fine-tuning the blending speed. If you like to adjust the blending speed to suit different recipes, the Braun MultiQuick 7 and the Braun MultiQuick 9 offer a wider range of blending speeds.
There are separate buttons for the two speed settings, regular and 'Turbo'. You need to keep one of the buttons pushed to blend. Like most immersion blenders, it doesn't have any programs, but it's easy to pulse by pushing and releasing one of the buttons.
It's very easy to clean. Running the blender in the beaker with soap and water can remove sticky food like nut butter from the blades. You then need to wipe the outside of the blade guard and use a brush to get rid of any gunk stuck under the blades, but it's not a long process.
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Braun MultiQuick 5: Main Discussion
Let us know why you want us to review the product here, or encourage others to vote for this product.
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I don’t trust other reviews. I always wait for rtings reviews before I decide which product I will buy. The end consumer should never be deceived or buy products blindly.
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They don’t, they are outsourcing from Chinese manufactures.
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How exactly do you achieve this with an Nvidia card? In looking for step by step instructions
I hope it helps, https://youtu.be/xUdqjdXKUrQ
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I recommend creating a custom resolution on hdmi 2.1 at 153hz 10 bit 4:4:4. That will be uncompressed which means dsc free. Not worth 160hz on displayport using dsc, rule of thumb, only use dsc if you really need and avoid dsc if you are having issues.
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Are you connecting using hdmi 2.1 or displayport 1.4? Can somebody tell me if this model has the full 48g on hdmi 2.1 or like the m32u it has only 24g?
- 10-11-1
None that we’re aware of unfortunately. If we knew of any tricks or tips to help with it, we’d make sure to mention it in the flicker section of our review. That’s a fair point about room brightness though.
I was afraid so, so extra careful before buying a monitor. A monitor must be flicker free if longer hours are spent on it.
“Generally speaking, you just want avoid situations where you have a very bright TV in a very dark room because that could cause eye-strain.”
That is a very important tip people must know before choosing a monitor, many people don’t know about it, thanks for the reply.
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Hi Elhomero, The Flicker-Free score you are referencing is scored based off our suggested settings, which in this case is Movie picture mode. This is scored exclusively from what PWM Dimming Frequency we read while running this test. The 960Hz that we see in Movie mode represents what most users will experience with this TV while using it in Movie mode at moderate brightness levels (only from 47-50 brightness setting or 8% of the range do we see it drop). We did check to see if the 120Hz was visible while at peak brightness in Movie mode and it was not noticeable to the handful of testers that looked at this. That said, you’re right. Even if we couldn’t see it, it could still cause eyestrain/headaches. I am not totally sure why Samsung does this, but this seems to be a characteristic of their PWM implementation on some of their units. Regardless, I also wanted to let you know this sparked an interesting debate between our display team, so we appreciate you reaching out.
Is there a way to minimize or eliminate the flicker issue? I want to use this tv as a monitor and while using it , I want to keep eye strain to a minimum as I spend a lot of time(14 hours or so) in front of a computer monitor. Also I heard from an eye doctor that is always good to keep your room as bright as possible to reduce eye strain and as this TV is for bright room, this could be a good tv as monitor, desktop PC 100%.
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Price wise, they are on the $75 to $150 price brackets, both are pretty much equal in terms regarding sound quality. https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tools/compare/sennheiser-hd-599-vs-philips-shp9500/408/371?usage=5003&threshold=0.1
I would get the cheapest.
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“better-matched unit”
Retail unit is final and should be considered as final, getting cherry picked units sent by companies is not what I would say the correct procedure, people buy retail units and reviews should follow as such, now if you are saying the company has quality issues which might make some units differ from the intended product then such companies should be warned to the public in question to never buy any products from that company cause that does not represent customer quality assurance for that matter. Quality assurance should be taken seriously by any company.
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I just checked its review at rtings and like 90% of focal headphones, they have a great bass, good mid, bad treble, terrible soundstage and frequency response consistency, disappointing. I thought the Stellia could do better than this but looking at reviews of other focal headphones, I must say that, this is it. The rest are all hype and like you said overrated, matter of fact all focal headphones share that in common, too much hype and overrated. The focal utopia is no different.
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As far as I can tell, the frequency response looks very good, other than that we would have to wait for the review at rtings to see how well the frequency response actually is. I was very impressed.
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The BOSE QuietComfort 25 is “the best wired headphones” at rtings and it doesn’t need to sound good, all these issues regarding sound is irrelevant. Soon people will not buy headphones for the sound anymore cause some are telling them that sound quality is not needed, reason why most people buy boses or beats. The media marketing hype is too strong. I wonder what would happen if bose or beats created a true audiophile headphones, would they be treated as other audiophile headphones? don’t count it on. No wonder why the audiophile community don’t like boses or beats at all.
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the QC 25 are more versatile, well-rounded headphones which makes them better for most people. That said, your concern is an important one, so we clarified in the introduction that the Best Wired Headphones picks include a broad range of headphones for various use cases that would benefit from a wired connection, from gaming, to critical listening, to casual use and have included the links to the best audiophile headphones in the text of the Sennheiser HD 800 S as well.
Thanks for your reply, I knew this would be a pointless errand to begin with, you at rtings have scores for determined set of varied ranges, from Latency to Leakage, Soundstage, Sound, Noise Isolation, Frequency Response, Distortion, Imaging, Usage, Build and so on and regarding them the “QC 25 are more versatile”. Even though the QC 25 is inferior to sound than most audiophile headphones and sound being the most important aspect in the headphones hence why manufactures charge 3 to 10 times more for them than the QC 25. You at rtings by your comment based on your tests have this criteria that the sound of the Hifiman Ananda for example does not outperform all the other aspects that make the “QC 25 more versatile”. So in other words, sound is not as important as the other features at rtings, my point being audiophile headphones will never be as good as other non audiophile headphones on other tests, so an audiophile headphone will never be “The Best Wired Headphones” because it was designed for sound and that is not enough to make them “The Best Wired Headphones” at rtings , such a pity. I rest my case.
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Thanks for bringing to our attention this concern. The intention of the Best Wired Headphones article is to showcase wired headphones that are great for a variety of use cases; whether it’s critical listening, gaming or for just casual use. We included links in the introduction to the best audiophile, DJ and studio headphones for those looking for more specialized headphones with greater sound quality. We included the Sennheiser HD 800 S as the critical listening alternative to demonstrate how, although they may not be ideal for casual users, they’re better for critical listeners. The Audio-Technica ATH-M50X are also mentioned there. However, from what you’re saying the focus of the article doesn’t seem clear. Do you have any ideas or suggestions to make this more obvious? We want to make sure our articles best reflect what is best for our readers so we’re open to feedback on what changes you think we should make.
Thank you for your reply, my suggestion reflects from what you said, “Best Casual Wired Headphones” would do. From my perspective “Best Wired Headphones” is really the best wired headphones and those are not cheap, usually the best wired headphones are from $499 to 10.000 usd, all best wired headphones that were reviewed to date at rtings should be included in the “Best Wired Headphones” page, for example like the TV section, “https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/best/tvs-on-the-market”.
If I were a dummy user, imagine coming here and seeing the “best wired headphones” page and I read it and I wanted to buy the “The Best Wired Headphones” hence the “Bose QuietComfort 25”, now imagine a friend had bought a Hifiman Ananda, we would discuss forever and ever about it and I would win the argument with my “Bose QuietComfort 25” since your are the professional and in the page clearly states “The Best Wired Headphones” is the Bose QuietComfort 25.
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Only the Arctis Pro + GameDac are HighRes 24 bit audio certified, So, unfortunately, the Arctis Pro Wireless does not support 24-bit audio, even when plugged in.
I think i got things mixed then, I thought the wireless version had its gamedac included with it because it is already expensive, so it seems it does not come with the gamedac then?
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You will only get 24bit if on 2.4ghz wireless or wired connection, anything on Bluetooth is compressed at this time and i think it hardly goes above 16 bit.
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The sound yes, the mic i certainly don’t think so.
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I would be certain that all IEMs regardless of price wouldn’t measure well on here and wouldn’t score past 7.3 in sound. This is due to their inherently poor soundstage ability and generally not truly flat frequency response. I’m curious to see what the Campfire Andromeda’s would measure out here.
Almost all reviews i saw here concerning earbuds or iem’s have a soundstage score of 0.9, in general they are bad concerning that. From what I understand the hype should come from the sound quality from the dm6 which if you see here is poor hence a score of 6.6 critical Listening, the best for that is the Bose SoundSport Wireless which holds a 7.5 score, here is the comparison between them https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tools/compare/bose-soundsport-wireless-vs-bgvp-dm6/358/786
Soundstage wise only open back headphones, even closed back headphones cant match the best open back headphones concerning soundstage as you can see here https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tests/sound-quality/soundstage
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I would like to know this too. Actually I think the treble on this one seems better x hd 650 taking the frequency response.
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Thank you Sam. As the price dictates, quality follows, sadly but is just how they are doing.
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I would like to know about this too, I also wonder why the SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless version is better at critical listening than the normal SteelSeries Arctis Pro wired, wireless sound is much more expensive as it needs a transmitter, a receiver, a DAC and an amplifier to be as good as a wired one plus Bluetooth, given the limited bandwidth of it, it is impossible to transmit audio without some lossy data compression. Also I would like to ask if you tested it without the gamedac, maybe this gamedac is the problem, i saw somebody say that it needs the gamedac to give the high resolution audio option, is that the truth? other than that thanks for all your reviews, I enjoy every bit of data here.
Worth to check this video out, 1:10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVzDzQgWtIQ
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