All looks nice Shane. How's it sounding?
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All looks nice Shane. How's it sounding?
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Read post 97Originally Posted by walpurgis
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Ah. If you're finding the bass a bit reticent, that seems to be a characteristic of some pot type passive pre-amps with some power amps. A TVC will probably give you the bass back and better dynamics.
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Hmmmm! Will listen further.
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303s work well with passive pots. I think it is quality over quantity. swapping in speakers that actually have some bass would be the way I would go.
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Please, don't get me wrong on what I said in post 97.
The bass is all there with the 303/passive. There's enough slam and detail etc.
Guess I'm just more used to the Roksan's harder hitting bass!
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Listened again to this system. The bass is certainly NOT lacking. That slight softness (or warmth) is still there, but not aiming too much towards mushy.
The 303 with a passive can indeed return good results.
Someday, if I fancy having more power and clout. Will the Quad 606 (mk2?) provide that?
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Thats a nice amp the mk2. Fancied one myself, but couldn't afford .... still, its always a hope for the future... I would imagine you'd get a fair bit more out of one than the 303
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I've not heard a 303 sadly, but I've owned a 606ii and it was a very impressive amp. Not the last word in rez (although pretty good), but powerful, controlled, well focussed imaging and tonally neutral. Very nice sound and I thought it looked great!
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Was the 606 mk2 matched to a Quad pre?
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