CD Player or Speakers?
Posted by: Paul Hutchings on 19 April 2004
Just thinking.. which is always dangerous 
I currently have a Nait 5 (not the "i"), Quad 66CD and JMLab Chorus 706 speakers.
Room is about 14" x 12", musical tastes are a bit of most things except classical/jazz/dance - to give a few ideas:
Finch,
AFI,
Funeral For A Friend,
Norah Jones,
Cardigans,
Simply Red,
Toto,
U2,
Evanescence
Avril Lavigne
Bee Gees
I'd say I'm very happy with how things sound at present, but as is always the case you start thinking "could it get better".
I don't have money to burn and I'm interested in opinions on where the biggest gains could be made.. one school of thought is "source first", but I can't help but wonder what good a fantastic source is if the speakers may be letting the side down etc..
any opinions appreciated!
regards,
Paul
I currently have a Nait 5 (not the "i"), Quad 66CD and JMLab Chorus 706 speakers.
Room is about 14" x 12", musical tastes are a bit of most things except classical/jazz/dance - to give a few ideas:
Finch,
AFI,
Funeral For A Friend,
Norah Jones,
Cardigans,
Simply Red,
Toto,
U2,
Evanescence
Avril Lavigne
Bee Gees
I'd say I'm very happy with how things sound at present, but as is always the case you start thinking "could it get better".
I don't have money to burn and I'm interested in opinions on where the biggest gains could be made.. one school of thought is "source first", but I can't help but wonder what good a fantastic source is if the speakers may be letting the side down etc..
any opinions appreciated!
regards,
Paul
OK, so after all that i went and brought a pair of used intros 
They're earlier ones with the external crossover and I have to say I'm much happier, there's more bass (despite conflicting posts on intros and bass) and the music seems to just suck you in - i'm not too good at the descriptives.
I may take a look at sources next, I can't find that many references to the quad so I don't really know what to start comparing it and what the "quad sound" is supposed to be versus the "nait sound".. as I said before I may investigate the 5i and maybe the 5 unless something mint/used comes along at the right price..
I know Naim's going to be the obvious suggestion, but any other ideas on what's worth a look?
Seeing a few comments here and there, and seeing what the last couple of Quad 66's went for on ebay was a bit of a revelation, makes me realise old doesn't automatically equal crap so I may yet stick with it too.
Paul
They're earlier ones with the external crossover and I have to say I'm much happier, there's more bass (despite conflicting posts on intros and bass) and the music seems to just suck you in - i'm not too good at the descriptives.
I may take a look at sources next, I can't find that many references to the quad so I don't really know what to start comparing it and what the "quad sound" is supposed to be versus the "nait sound".. as I said before I may investigate the 5i and maybe the 5 unless something mint/used comes along at the right price..
I know Naim's going to be the obvious suggestion, but any other ideas on what's worth a look?
Seeing a few comments here and there, and seeing what the last couple of Quad 66's went for on ebay was a bit of a revelation, makes me realise old doesn't automatically equal crap so I may yet stick with it too.
Paul