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This review was first published by the media group AVHub of Australia www.avhub.com.au where Edgar Kramer is Reviews Editor for the Australian Hi-Fi and Sound & Image pulications. This review appeared in the March/April 2009 print issue and is herewith reproduced by express permission and to make it available to a global audience. - Ed |
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Reviewer: Edgar Kramer |
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If I had to name a perennial brand that truly represented the birth of high-end audio, Quad (Quality unit amplifier domestic) would be the first brand that comes to mind. From the ever-evolving and fanatically treasured ESL-57 electrostatic speaker -- first introduced in 1957 and by many hardcore followers considered to be the best speaker ever -- to the recently revived and revamped Quad II amplifier, the Quad brand can accurately boast of having designed ‘true classics’. |
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Old things are new again
Tim has done away with the original Quad II’s KT-66 output valves and adapted the KT-88 into the reworked circuit to up the power output from ca. 12 watts to 80. The industrial design of the original has been retained down to the chassis colour and layout but it benefits from contemporary assembly and finishing methods, upgraded internal componentry and higher-grade socketry.
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