Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
The 'current dumping' design is a clever thing, using Class A primary amplification followed by Class B to do the donkey work. The sound has a lot in common with what typifies regular Class A SS amps, those I've heard at least. Funny thing is, I wouldn't say the same about the bigger Quads, pleasant as they can be.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I've read. I like the design principles, but unfortunately it seems like Quad have suffered the same problems as other manufacturers have, over the years, and that's the quality of the products suffering due to cost constraints, and new designs going in a different direction that may otherwise be desired in order to increase profits.

That's probably why, like many other manufacturers, Quad's original designs are best. I'm not sure Peter Walker, had he he still been with us, would've sanctioned some of the later stuff, so yes it does appear to be somewhat of a 'lottery' which type of 'Quad sound' you get depending on what you're buying and the decade it was produced, but I'm looking forward to test driving this 306, as the only previous Quad product I've owned was an FM3!

Marco.