Music Matters!

by quadophile on Ever Evolving

Description

My main goal is that the system should be musical and listenable when it comes to long sessions. I do not subscribe to the analogy "Mine is bigger than yours" so I have what I could manage in terms of availability and what I could afford at the time of purchase.

I may change some components at a later stage, since I went through a major revision very recently when I changed my abode and my Maggies had to go due to smaller room that I inherited for music listening.

I tend to give a lot more weightage to reliability in the long run, my Quad 34/405II gave me fantastic service without any hiccups for 7 years and is still with me. The upgrade to 66/606 was for more power that the Paradigms needed. They sound considerably better with the higher power Pre Power combo.

I designed my own speaker stands and they are mass loaded (river sand)each weighing at 37.5 kg with sand for the Paradigms. The stands for LS3/5s's were also self designed and mass loaded with sand and weighing at about 20 kgs each. Both are made of mild steel and have spikes for decoupling from the floor.
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Components Toggle details

    • Quad U S A 67
    An oldie but goldie
    • Marantz CD-63 se
    A Workhorse
    • Philips Philips DVD-963SA
    Mainly used for its SACD and CD cabapility rather than as a DVD player
    • Rega Planar 3
    Musical
    • Ortofon VMS 20 MkII
    Main Cartridge
    • Ortofon VMS 10 MkII
    secondary cartridge
    • Philips Q35
    DVD Player
    • Quad U S A 66
    Preamplifier
    • Quad U S A 606
    Mark II version
    • NAD 3225pe
    Hooked to the computer
    • Denon PMA-S10
    Integrated Amplifier from 1995, 50w/ch @ 8 Ohms, 100w/ch @4 Ohms
    • Kef 2 Reference
    Black Ash finish
    • Chartwell LS3/5a
    for those special sessions where magic is needed in the air
    • Rogers LS-3.5a
    11 Ohm version
    • REL Acoustics Strata mkIII
    Added the low end oomph by incorporating the new toy.
    • Monster Cable Interlink Reference A
    Between amp and Preamp
    • Monster Cable Interlink 400
    Between CD and Preamp
    • Cable Talk Monitor 3
    Two pairs used alternatively
    • Music Interface Technology Terminator 5
    Rather a long length to connect pre to power which are not kept together. The amp is closer to both speakers and hence shorter speaker cable could be utilised
    • Custom Made Stands (Model N/A)
    Self designed with spikes for both Paradigm and Chartwell speakers, filled with river sand

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Owner
Musicfile,

Thank you for that and I just realized that I had not updated this thread to reflect my current situation.

I moved to the US in February 2007 for good and it has been a roller coaster ride for me since I arrived. I have not been able to put together a system yet but one day I plan to start from where I left off.

Thank you for paying a visit to this thread.

quadophile

nice set of components
You sir have a system built for music listening

musicfile

nice set of components
You sir have a system built for music listening

musicfile

Keep the QUAD dream alive!

DV

dewald_visser

Owner
Bill,

Thank you for your comments and I look forward to your comments on the review.

Take your time no hurry.

Anis

quadophile

Quadophile:

I just glanced at your Kef Reference Two loudspeaker review and it looks very thorough. I wrote and posted a similarly thorough review of my own current speakers, so I may have some idea of the extensive thought, time and effort involved. Therefore, I will wait until I have time to sit down and read your review with the thoroughness it deserves, and THEN post to that thread after absorbing the information.

I remember hearing some form of Kef loudspeaker at least once. It was a long time ago. FWIW: I've always thought of Kef as a good line of speakers, so your review IS of some interest to me.

mdhoover

Owner
Mdhoover,

Thanks for your comments.

I reviewed the Kef's recently, if you have spare time do go through it to know what my opinion of them is in much more detail. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Here is the link:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?rspkr&1112707284&openfrom&1&4#1

quadophile

Your post to the vintage audio/high end thread got me interested in your system. What a great quote, which echos my feelings EXACTLY:

I do not subscribe to the analogy "Mine is bigger than yours" so I have what I could manage in terms of availability and what I could afford at the time of purchase.

Anyway, how do you like the new Kefs?

mdhoover

Owner
System edited: Just updated my sytem by adding the Kef Reference Two speakers which replaced The Paradigm Reference Studio 40 v2. Added another amplifier Denon PMA-S10 which is a 50 watter but doubles the output to 100 watts at 4 Ohms.

quadophile

Owner
System edited: Just added the REL Strata III to add low end oomph to the system. Now I will be able to listen at low volumes without missing anything in terms of depth in the soundstage.

quadophile

Owner
System edited: Added two items in the list. Philips DVD-963SA and speaker stands.

quadophile

Owner
Jerry,

Sorry for the delayed response, I was busy building a new rig. Yes you can get it fixed from anyone in your area who deals in Quad Equipment. check it out from the quad website

http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/

quadophile

I too have a 20 year old 405 system, but it's in need of repair (the on-off switch doesn't work, and it's got a bad R-C circuit). Do you know of anyone still working on the Quad?

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Owner
Once upon a time........

Do I really have to spell it out?

quadophile

No Quad speakers????

And you call yourself Quadophile???

;-)

KF

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