LordMortlock....Are you there?

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G'day M'Lord........wondering if you can pass on your experience with you quad CDP2. How do you like it?

Looks like it may be a good solution, especially being CDP, DAC and Pre all in one. Any comments you have would be most welcome. By the way....what have you compared it to?

Many thanks.......

 

[lordmortlock]

Evening Ray ...bit of a late response as I'm off on holiday soon and I've been running round sorting stuff out.

Before I bought Quad I had a good listen to naim, cyrus, roksan and the better cambridge stuff both in store and at home. I primarily made my choice on the sound of the amp and to be honest I found it much more difficult to tell between the cdps with my untrained ears. I found the cyrus and the cambridge very 'digital' sounding but the quad seemed to sound more balanced and the dac made sense as I use that input a lot.

I've spent the last week listening with my beresford as a pre in an attempt to catch the integrated pre on the 99 out but to be honest it doesn't make that much difference. I'd like to hear it with a really good passive but I'm happy with the sq for now and I've got a good upgrade path for the future. Theres an interesting stereophile review on the web that talks about a noisy volume pot but I think that refers to the cdp1 rather than the 2 - can't find fault here.

Downsides? Fiddly little buttons and no volume knob so you've got to use the remote, which takes a lots of getting used to. The phone rings and I still go straight to the cdp to turn it down!

If you're interested talk to Mark at audio emotion. Hes really helpful, gave me a good deal on price with a 5 yr warranty and I think they've got a 2 week no quibble return on at the mo.

Hope thats useful! Jake

 

[lordmortlock]

Oh and I should mention the dac, which sounds great... certainly the equal of the beresford and a bit clearer/richer with stronger bass imo

I've just had another look at that stereophile review (easily found online) and it does refer to the cdp2. Might be interesting to see what effect your passive pre had on the sound as the only issue the reviewer has is the pre section (he obviously has much more sensitive ears than me!)

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info....I will consider very carefully. The review was enlightening.

Enjoy your holiday.........