Quad 303 With Monitor Golds?

[southall-1998]

Is there anybody on here using Quad 303 to drive their Tannoy Monitor Golds? If so, does the 303 cope OK driving them?

S.

[DSJR]

The two were used almost exclusively back then and I posted a pic here a short while ago of EMI Studio 2? control room in the early 70's with just such an arrangement (could be Quad 50E's though).. Apart from fancy Japanese integrateds which only really became serious in the mid 70's imo and the big Crown D series amps which only had three UK dealers in the early 70's, the Quad 33/303 was about it in the post valve early 70's and Radford had pretty well lost it for a while too - and even the later ZD22 preamp and HD250 integrated weren't that stable, the amp especially.

[southall-1998]

Are those Lancaster Tannoy's, Dave?

S.

[DSJR]

They might be Shane, as the cabs are sort-of Lockwood Major size, using the Quad on the floor as a reference point. They're on tables so they can clear the mixer bridge.

(My mate when he was mastering at Decca, turned his B&W 801 stands on their sides to lift them further off the floor, as the mid and treble 'pods' were firing into the workstation and not into his ears - still sounded harsh to me but it could have been the big PA amp they were using. I was never an 801 fan and positively loathe the N800 models - gawd they're expensive crap to me, but I digress....)

[The Black Adder]

Yep, the 303 drives the MG's really well. So do QUAD 405-2's so you will have no worries there.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Yep those are Lancaster cabs, too small for lockwoods.

[walpurgis]

Yes. The Quads and big Tannoys were definitely a favoured combo in the early seventies. You occasionally saw amps Like the Sansui AU-999 and Cambridge P50 matched to them too.


(yes they look like Lancasters to me as well. Too dumpy to be Yorks)

[southall-1998]

Yes. The Quads and big Tannoys were definitely a favoured combo in the early seventies. You occasionally saw amps Like the Sansui AU-999 and Cambridge P50 matched to them too.


(yes they look like Lancasters to me as well. Too dumpy to be Yorks)

In your experience, Geoff.

Have you ever tried Tannoy ''Rectangular'' Chatsworth's (fitted with golds) in free space. You know, away from the walls etc.

S.

[The Black Adder]

They are Lancasters but set at standing height on tea trolly's. That photo is of the same room where they mastered DSOTM, apparently.

It's odd though because Abbey Road used Lockwood Major LE's in the control room of the larger studios to which the sound would have been much better than the boxy Lancasters. Maybe those had reds in them or even 12" MG's?

[The Black Adder]

In your experience, Geoff.

Have you ever tried Tannoy ''Rectangular'' Chatsworth's (fitted with golds) in free space. You know, away from the walls etc.

S.

For what it's worth, I have tried Lancasters set in to the room and in my opinion the sound wasn't good... As a long fabled rule, the larger tannoy's (Lockwoods or otherwise) sound better up against walls and toed in quite a bit. It's odd because it goes against the general theory of speakers needing space. But I find this to be the case with both Tannoy cabs and Lockwoods.