| 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 |
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Does anyone know the value and quality of a QUAD valve power amplifier & pre-amplifier combination that a friend of mine has been offered? I believe that the numbers are 33 and 303 although which is the power amp & which is the pre-amp I'm not sure. Nigel
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| 274.1 | CHEST::WATSON | As simple as possible, not simpler | Wed May 08 1991 09:19 | 9 | |
The 33 / 303 [Pre/Power] is transister not valve. The last Quad valve
amps were the 22 / II. The II was a mono valve power amp so you needed
two.
As for value the 22 / II have a collectors value so could be quite
expensive but the latter 33 / 303 are probabably quite a lot cheaper
though I couldn't put an exact price on them.
Rik
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| 274.2 | #150 | HAMPS::IVES_J | I've got a bad feeling, Mr Tracey! | Wed May 08 1991 14:23 | 3 |
I saw an add recently in Gramaphone #150 sterling for a 33/303
combination. I would personally go for the 22/2X2 valve Combination,
usually retailing for around the same amount.
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| 274.3 | The good olds days...when hifi was simple | UFHIS::JMASLEN | The wheels fallen off your day yet?! | Wed May 08 1991 15:49 | 33 |
I've got these old workhorses gathering dust somewhere in New Zealand!
They cost around NZ$1000 for a good pair, in UK I see them for around
150 pounds (NZ$450), in Germany, anything from Quad is overpriced (eg.
Quad 22/II's for 1600DM's as opposed to 250 pounds UK [750DMs]in UK for
a mint set).
The 33 preamp is not really a dynamic amp (I tried updating the
transistors and fiddled with splitting the power supply....added a
second power supply...one per channel......no big deal/improvement,
just a little only.
The 303's on the other hand are nicer, especially when you buy another
one and turn them into two 100watt monoblocs,. The amps are most stable
when driving low impedance speakers like Magnaplanars, electrostats
etc. A poor man's substitute for the arcwelding power amps from the USA
that one generally spends 1000's on to drive difficult loads. At least
you don't kill anything with them. If anybody suggests the 100watt Quad
402 to you, be careful as the Mark 1 version wasn't so stable.....it
was also monoblocable to 200 watts! Definitely an improvement this
monoblocing caper.........sadly the newer Quads can't be (306, 606
etc).
Does all this remanicing from an earlier love.......I hope it helps
you, remember, second hand quality is still quality. Wait long enough
and they will also go up in price!
cheers fjeff
PS: check the selection switches and the filter switch on the 33
preamp, sometimes they get a bit noisy after a few years of heavy use,
also leave the 33/303 permanently turned on night and day.....warmer
sound.
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| 274.4 | Need info QUAD 520i & QUAD 606 | ZPOVC::PARRYCHUA | Singapore, Life is bid-$-fine | Sun Sep 15 1991 04:11 | 7 |
Hi,
Anyone out there know about the QUAD 520i and the QUAD 606 power
amplifier ? Technology used and it review ant raing ..
Thanks
Parry
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