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    Join Date: Oct 2017

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    I'm Bob.

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    As some of you may have read in the past I wanted to use my Quad 33/405 amp with my Tannoy Cheviots and my Xbox One X.

    I bought a Dac from another member and hooked it up. I have to say it sounded impressive, but I couldn't help but notice my use of the system to play music actually went down.

    So in the end I pulled out the Dac, re-plugged in the Pioneer amp with digital input and configured it to work with the Xbox.

    And the result is I am enjoying my music again.

    The Quad is impressive, plenty of power, wonderful sound, but something wasn't right, I don't know what it was, but the current set up just sounds better...….




    PS have given the Quad to my son in law (Loves electronics and 50's/60's designs).
    System a mixture of old and new.

    Speakers Tannoy Cheviot, Amp Pioneer receiver but looking for something new, Source Xbox One X (For everything) via a Panasonic 65inch 4k HDR TV.

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    Well there's a couple of possible reasons: the 33s around these days aren't that good, maybe never were, and Tannoys are cranky as hell with power amps. All that matters is you're listening again, the rest is a distraction

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    Did you use your Quad 33 with a CD player ? I assume the Xbox has a similar output, so will overload the Quad 33 unless modified.
    Barry

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    That thought crossed my mind too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Did you use your Quad 33 with a CD player ? I assume the Xbox has a similar output, so will overload the Quad 33 unless modified.
    Agreed ... sounds to me like the Xbox was connected via a DAC plugged into the 33 - which would indeed have the same deleterious outcome.

    The 33 is a very capable little pre, once fettled to cope with modern output levels (the DADA mods work wonders ... and for very little outlay)

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    Yes the Quad had it's input board modified by Quad many years ago for CD input.

    I had been using it with various CD's over the years and it always sounded good (With the Tannoy's as well), even with the CD player I purchased a few months ago.

    But having lived with it in the real world compared to the Pioneer, the sound was just better with the later, this really surprised me, I just found myself not using it until I switched back to the Pioneer.
    System a mixture of old and new.

    Speakers Tannoy Cheviot, Amp Pioneer receiver but looking for something new, Source Xbox One X (For everything) via a Panasonic 65inch 4k HDR TV.

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