cunobelinus;687271 Wrote: > On 29 Jan 2012, at 23:35, Phil Leigh wrote: > > > > > Archimago;687200 Wrote: > >> Many times in magazines like Stereophile, you see John Atkinson > measure > >> something poorly yet the subjective evaluator gives it an A for > sound. > >> > >> Have you seen cases of definite fantastic measurements of the usual > >> parameters (eg. Flat freq response, low distortion, great noise > floor) > >> whether it be DAC, speakers, CDP, etc. but where the equipment > >> decidedly sounds bad (not due to user error)? > > > > Quad 33/303... Very soggy sounding to me, no guts. OK so that was > quite > > a while ago... > > How old were they at the time? > > My Quad systems (not 33/303 but 44/306 with SB2 (only source) and, > currently, low end B&W speakers; and 66/606 with 989s) sound anything > but soggy/gutless, but being 20+ years old they've had capacitors etc > renewed, which made a difference.
They were maybe 10 years old... late 70's... I heard several examples whilst "window shopping"... but the 44 is a much better pre-amp than the noisy old 33 and the 66/606 is very nice - especially with 989's. I do like Quad gear generally - just not the 33/303 combo. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93320 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
