My Crossover-free zones

[Barry]

Cheers. The Quads do live there: it's about 85cm from the back wall - sadly there is an inevitable concession to domestic harmony! There is an improvement to their focus if they are further out but it is not huge, so I can live with this.

I may move to stacked Quads sometime, but am concerned that I may be 'forced' to move them closer to the back wall, which would be a nightmare. Still, brassic right now, so I have much time to enjoy them as they are.

I'm just deeply envious that you have the room for stacked Quads. I tried them for a short while, many years ago. Fabulous sound: deeper bass; less 'beaming'; superb presence, but alas, visually they were far too dominant and not conducive to domestic harmony.

Regards

[amdismal]

I'm just deeply envious that you have the room for stacked Quads.

That remains to be seen. The wife was quite happy when I described them to her originally, but that was before she saw how wide they are, and before she saw how far from the wall they need to be...

One the Caiman vs Akurate, sure the Akurate is better but it's just not that important musically - subtle detail is much less important to me than natural tone. I find digital sources contribute much less to the overall enjoyment than the amp and speakers. I think I have expensive digital sources out of my system now - I've had the Linn, I've had a dCS stack, meh to the lot of them!

[Rare Bird]

TT:


The system is:
Rock II, Excalibur,

[Ali Tait]

You should try the passive mod on the Caiman.

[Techno Commander]

Stunning system, especially for £2K.

I imagine the "sound per pound" is is equal to the "grins per spin".

[amdismal]

You should try the passive mod on the Caiman.

Yeah I was looking at that yesterday. I may well get modding it - only problem is if it stays in the living room system then I couldn't get away with really ugly things like the CB power supply or anything where I have compromised safety, as my three year-old is often in there with me. Mods and tweaks are for the basement!

[alfie2902]

Hi Adam,

Nice to see you across here!

Quads are looking very nice mate! I would like an hour or two in the 'den' listening to those little monsters aswell!

It will be interesting to hear what you think of the Liang 845 compared to the AI 500 & how close the SB Touch & whichever DAC you settle on compares to the Akurate DS!

I picked up an Audio Note Dac Zero to use with a SB Touch, but i'm using it with the Copland to great effect until I get around to picking up a SB Touch! My Hope was to get close to your Akurate or Marks ModWright Transporter so your thoughts will be interesting!

Cheers,alfie.

[Jonboy]

I remember your 6B4G SET amp with great fondness if thats the right word for it, it sounded very good and just proves you don't need watts of power to make a big sound, just a well built amp and sensative speakers, this is something i would like to try in the near future, just need to get my man to builld one for me and i need to decide on what output valves i would go for.

[Jonboy]

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I picked up an Audio Note Dac Zero to use with a SB Touch, but i'm using it with the Copland to great effect until I get around to picking up a SB Touch! My Hope was to get close to your Akurate or Marks ModWright Transporter so your thoughts will be interesting!

Cheers,alfie.

Hi Alfie,

Has your AN DAC had the caps done as this would improve the sound further

[quadsugdenman]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Adam
Those Quads look the business!!