New toys for the sandman

Looks good, I always thought the quads could well be your answer. Looking forward to hearing them sometime.

 

But equally theres nothing wrong with trying to get the best out of what you've got

 

shameless plug for Van del Hull interconnects, v long and worth a punt ;-)

 

but but but they look good on the rack and crap on the floor!!

 

All I will say is try it - besides many Quad lovers have recommended the partnership with McIntosh valves over the years, Steingruber in particular favouring the MC275/'57 partnership.

The new MC275 is a stunning amplifier for the money and works wonderfully with panels.

 

I'm very happy with my new kit, and don't care if X or Y sounds better to some ears, to me its sublime and very probably my last amp purchase. The ESL's are probably my last speaker purchase.

I only really care that its better than what it replaced, I have been a little dissapointed at the small gains I have had upgrading amps in the past but this is a massive jump in sound.

Thanks for all the advice, I will experiment at some point but right new I'm listening. :MILD:

 

If they come in any further I cant open the door I have had an electrician swap the light switch to the other side of the door, and waiting for a joiner to hang a new door opening the other way just so I can bring them further out.

As for becoming a Quadrophile (I'd be content with just a threesome ) I am getting that way, even tempted with deming the 99cdp but I love the Copland.

I use monocrystal cables from Ecosse Ic, speaker and mains cables.

 

have you got the 822 cd player rsand

 

Copland CDA288

 

RS, When I work out how to get pics on here I'll post some I took last night.

 

Open an account at http://www.photobucket.com/ (free) then upload the images to there. Below each uploaded picture are three lines of text, just copy the bottom one and paste it in your post and the picture will just appear.

 

One caveat, photobucket leaves a tracking cookie, I always wash this when I have visited their site, use adaware or somesuch and you'll see it.

 

AK what is the problem with the tracking?

 

Think its a pretty innocuous one, never had any probs before adam brought it to my attention, I still use photobucket, I just do a wash when I've been on their site, it's a principal thing.

 

I just did a check after signing-up and got 24 trackers, now gone.

 

Thing is Tbone every time you log in they leave another one, best to wash after each visit.

 

Never heard the CDA288 RS, In a couple of months i'll be starting my search for a cd player.

 

Looks very nice. And when you manage to get the speaker out of the corner a bit more, your music will sound that bit better.

 

Thanks Markus, once I get the door hung the other way I can move the speakers out a bit more I have already had the light switch swapped over. It sounds so good its hard to imagine it could get better.

Now I'm settled on my kit I will build myself a better rack, this is just 4 shelves from my old modular rack screwed together its much wider than it needs to be as it was built around the huge nu-vista. The new one will have a front with a cloth insert (so remote works) I have bought some of the Quad grille cloth to use.

 

Its a dam fine set-up if a may say so, would grace any listening room. I hope you've left that boxster in reverse!