On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:47:24 GMT, " Dave xxxx"
wrote:

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

Working 'OK' is not the same as driving to their full potential, you
twit. You think Quad people are going to say that their most expensive
amplfier does *not* work 'OK' with their most expensive speaker?

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

I'm sure they do - which has nothing to do with getting the *best* out
of the 989. For that, you need a good SS amp, such as the 909.

989 - 909, hmm, you think they might be designed to work together?

Anyone in possession of a functioning brain is well aware that the
II-40 is simply a cynical cashing in on the famous Quad II name, which
would never have been sanctioned by Peter Walker. He was a *real*
engineer, and always moved forward with his designs, never backward.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering