Have my Quad 11Ls highlighted a weakness in my system?

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matengawhat:ag i think even when you get your cyrus cdp that you may still be disapointed with the speakers - i'm guessing they may not be your cup of tea and you may find that its them and not your choice in cdp. However what i would say is buy some stands quick and position then properly - i don't know how you have them now but if they are on a desk or shelf or close to a wall they will sound shocking!!!

At the moment I have them on cheap-n-nasty stands which I can't wait to upgrade. I agree, putting them on an actual bookshelf would be blasphemous...

I am not currently disappointed with them, I am very pleased with them but I need to get the positioning right because I sit pretty close to them and at the moment they are rather far apart. They are about 30cm from the wall and still sound a bit boomy - I'm hoping some decent stands will tighten the bass up.

I've not decided which CDP I'm getting - or even when I'm getting one. Let's not forget that treble detail and brightness are two different things...

 

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Hughes123:gpi:Hughes123:Pike900fish:Hughes123:Pike900fish:To my ears, I would disagree. I find the 73T to be perfect with both highs and lows and a well presented mid range. I suppose it also depends what type of music you listen to. with my prog rock and heavy/thrash metal there is plenty of higfh end detail without harshness. I can now listen to my system for hours without fatigue.

I'm into prog rock, and I find it just right for it! Please check out my review on it! A good example would be "Yes" "Owner Of a Lonely Heart" can usually result in bleeding ears on some players, but the CD73T seems to have a lovely roll off in treble which reduces the ear grating sound from that guitar solo, and yet it can do the immense starts and stops required to deliver the punch from the great guitar riff.

I'll dig out my copy of 90125 tomorrow, thanks for the tip. I might even do a comparison from CD to Vinyl. is your copy a remasterd or original CD?

Mine's the Atco 1984 CD version sadly, but I will buy the Rhino Re-master soon (neither do I have the vinyl!!! idiot, me!) but the difference according to a mate is quite slim, so if you have the re-master then that shouldn't be much different. And please listen to it, it's a great hi-fi tester! I'm currently listening to Close To The Edge at the moment, but I feel Dark Side Of The Moon is coming out in a moment!

"Hello, is that Southern Electric? Yes, could you please feed another 20,000 volts to my bedroom? 'Cause my amp needs it tonight!"

Are you sure that's what you're up to Egor?

Yep.