| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too |
| Notice: | Let's be conformist |
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER |
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 550 |
| Total number of notes: | 3847 |
Has anyone any knowledge of or dealings with a company by the name
of Avondale Audio from Chesterfield. They specialize in modification
of hifi components amps/turntables and the like.I am about to upgrade
my amps Quad 44/405-2 or have them tweaked/wrecked by someone depending
on the feedback I recieve about this company.
I telephoned the company and they sent me some details of the upgrade
they would perform to my amp ,but it contained very little facts and
a lot of generalisations.
My ultimate aim is to improve the sound of CD in my system.
Any ideas on the subject would be welcome.
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| 150.1 | FORTY2::SHIPMAN | Thu Feb 22 1990 13:33 | 8 | ||
The magazines (Hi-Fi Choice, Hi-Fi News/Record Review if I remember rightly) give good reports of Avondale Audio's work, and Quads are certainly a good subject for the type of improvements they specialise in: basically a good design but Quad don't believe amplifiers sound different. Make of that what you will... If you do decide to try these guys, let's know what the results are like. Nick | |||||
| 150.2 | CD player upgrade | IOSG::DUTT | Nigel Dutt | Thu Feb 22 1990 16:46 | 8 |
In a similar vein, if you're into serious CD player tweaking, Covent
Garden Records in Charing Cross Road offer some fairly meaty upgrades
to standard Phillips CD players. This concentrates on the DAC and power
supply areas. Let me know if you're curious and I'll send you a copy of
their leaflet.
I haven't used them, but have heard good reports. Does anyone know any
more?
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| 150.3 | LARVAE::IVES_J | Siegmund, sieh auf mich! | Wed Mar 28 1990 15:07 | 11 | |
In this months HiFi answers Naim warn against using Avondale(or there type)
but then again they would would'nt they.
I'd be inclined to go for it. They probably replace some/all of the
passive components. I'm in the process of doing this myself to my old
Radford.Just replacing carbon based resistors with hi-quality metal oxide
makes a big difference. They probably replace as many electrolytic caps as
they can.
Do you feed the CD player direct into the 405 (i.e not through the
pre-amp, but through 100K stereo pot). If not it's well worth it !
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