Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
Absolute garbage! That combination is nowhere near capable of
extracting everything that the 989 is capable of delivering -
especially as it's valved.......................

That From the guy with **** for brains

The guy who built the Quad amps the design team of the speakers the
service department all say they work ok, and I think there point of
view is going to hold more sway. than your rantings

now I have used 57 63 988 speakers

with Quad 405 405-2 606 606 mark2 909 Quad II-forties

Various low powered Croft valve amplifiers pre and power

now you can sit there and do all the sums you want but when it gets
down to the proper testing

which for the stupid is using mark one ears

the 988 with Quad II-forties sound very nice