On 29 Jan 2012, at 23:35, Phil Leigh wrote: > > Archimago;687200 Wrote: >> Many times in magazines like Stereophile, you see John Atkinson measure >> something poorly yet the subjective evaluator gives it an A for sound. >> >> Have you seen cases of definite fantastic measurements of the usual >> parameters (eg. Flat freq response, low distortion, great noise floor) >> whether it be DAC, speakers, CDP, etc. but where the equipment >> decidedly sounds bad (not due to user error)? > > Quad 33/303... Very soggy sounding to me, no guts. OK so that was quite > a while ago...
How old were they at the time? My Quad systems (not 33/303 but 44/306 with SB2 (only source) and, currently, low end B&W speakers; and 66/606 with 989s) sound anything but soggy/gutless, but being 20+ years old they've had capacitors etc renewed, which made a difference. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
