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How’s it sound compared to the quad?I have a pair of Bi-Wired Tannoy 615 floor standing speakers connected to my WiiM Amp Ultra.
I have owned these speakers from new, back in the early 1990s, and they were originally connected to my Quad 44/405-2.
The Quad developed a fault many years ago (approximately 15 to 20 years ago), and the speakers had remained dormant in a darkened room ever since, until February this year when I connected my WiiM Amp to them and they awoke from their slumber, and spoke again.
Since the arrival of the WiiM Amp Ultra, my WiiM Amp has returned to use in my bedroom, where it is well suited.
Here is a link I found giving details of the Tannoy 615 speakers for those who might be interested.
I don't know, I haven't heard the Quad for approximately 15 to 20 years.How’s it sound compared to the quad?
Eeek expensive smokeI don't know, I haven't heard the Quad for approximately 15 to 20 years.
Something went pop, and there was a small puff of smoke, so the power plug was pulled straight away, and I haven't investigated since.
There is also an issue with my Quad FM4 tuner, and my Linn Sondek LP12, and my Philips CD-960 that were all connected to the Quad 44.
Yes, I would think so. I'm not sure which Quad item went pop, the FM4 issue was a flickering display, and failing to store station presets (battery backup?). The Linn Valhalla board and power button I think, and the Philips CD player needs new belts at least for the drawer load mechanism.Eeek expensive smoke![]()
Such a shameYes, I would think so. I'm not sure which Quad item went pop, the FM4 issue was a flickering display, and failing to store station presets (battery backup?). The Linn Valhalla board and power button I think, and the Philips CD player needs new belts at least for the drawer load mechanism.![]()
I may do something with them someday.Such a shame![]()
At least Quad still repair all of their ancient stuff.I may do something with them someday.![]()
The 405 has already been back to Huntingdon over 30 years ago for a repair, which turned out to be a bridging rectifier, and while it was there I got them to do the full upgrade to the 405-2 specification.At least Quad still repair all of their ancient stuff.
Looking at the combined response I could guess there is some combing cancellation, due to reflected wavelengths correspondingly to 4 times the distance from the back wall. Give the frequency I roughly calculated about 42cm.You could try to reduce the distance of speakers from the back, inserting in the meantime the supplied port plug to avoid bass response increase. A possible position could be over the subs. Obviously a new set of Dirac measurement will be needed but likely the combing effect should be reduced. I have the same speakers and for the same reason I put them about 10cm from the back wall and with theirs plug, the bare response it's flat and Dirac has less holes to correct.Just an update on my true stereo 2.2 setup with a pair of LS50 Metas crossed over to a pair of SVS 3000 Micros at 150Hz (my, “poor man’s Blade Meta,” setup). Installed a miniDSP Flex between my laptop and my Luxsin X9 (which is handling DAC, bass management and volume control duties). After performing DIRAC calibration, I recorded the below combined, left, and right response sweeps using HouseCurve. The sound is absolutely sublime. Now that I have the miniDSP performing room correction (instead of relying on the DIRAC Processor software in my laptop), I’ll probably swap my WiiM Ultra back in as source (configured bit-perfect).
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