All new QUAD 33/303

[Pigmy Pony]

I think it looks bland and boring.

Up to date and swish/bland and boring will no doubt be the preferred look according to surveys (they will have canvassed opinions). May or may not be the look we oldies prefer, but then we really aren't the future of hifi

[Macca]

Up to date and swish/bland and boring will no doubt be the preferred look according to surveys (they will have canvassed opinions). May or may not be the look we oldies prefer, but then we really aren't the future of hifi

well, it's always personal these things isn't it?

I'd have thought most people of any age would ideally like something that is visually interesting without looking over-designed. But I haven't commissioned any focus groups lately.

[Jimbo]

well, it's always personal these things isn't it?

I'd have thought most people of any age would ideally like something that is visually interesting without looking over-designed. But I haven't commissioned any focus groups lately.

I think I tend to agree with you there Martin, it is no surprise that the most expensive esoteric hifi available nowadays usually has a striking appearance.

Case in point these £800,000 speakers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-hOJB0qKY

[Barry]

I think I tend to agree with you there Martin, it is no surprise that the most expensive esoteric hifi available nowadays usually has a striking appearance.

Case in point these £800,000 speakers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-hOJB0qKY

Striking, but ugly (butt ugly in fact). I could think of better ways of wasting £500,000!

[Jimbo]

Striking, but ugly (butt ugly in fact). I could think of better ways of wasting £500,000!

Most stuff at that price is extremely polarising. Pure bling!

I only like black boxes myself!

[Macca]

I think I tend to agree with you there Martin, it is no surprise that the most expensive esoteric hifi available nowadays usually has a striking appearance.

Case in point these £800,000 speakers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-hOJB0qKY

Those speakers are more a case of form following function. Just painted orange.

I wonder what they are like with music, rather than a recording of someone knocking on a pipe?

[Barry]

Those speakers are more a case of form following function. Just painted orange.

I wonder what they are like with music, rather than a recording of someone knocking on a pipe?

Not much better!

[Alex_UK]

I wonder what they are like with music, rather than a recording of someone knocking on a pipe?

[rigger67]

I really like those new "old" Quad units in the first post.
I think they're stunning, almost Bauhausian in their beauty : form and function perfectly in unison with clean lines, discreet graphics and well-proportioned controls.
The shapes and colours are bang on for representing the past, while the texture of the materials used is nicely in keeping with the modern world.

I would buy them if I was starting from scratch.

[Barry]

Good post Paul.

I would be interested to know if the 'new' 303 uses the original circuit (providing a total output of 30V at 3A; hence '303') or if it is new, or updated, and offers a true balanced input.