Update on my Quad 44 after using for about 10 hours.
Overall very impressed.
It has a better balanced overall sound.
Much more bass, the highs have been tamed, but the pace & timing of the music is still there. Got my feet tapping more than usual. Some songs I would usually skip I just let play until the sound stopped – the disc had finished without me realising! It is different to the Cyrus aCA7.5, I can see why I bought Cyrus kit, but now I think I need to move a bit more to pipe & slippers sound but not too far! My current combo of kit is doing that. Very detailed source, plenty of power for speakers, quality speakers & a versatile & quality built preamp.
Quad (AIG) have been helpful with advise & still supply parts & do servicing for this model.
A few things could be improved upon, such as bass control, but I can probably do that by moving my speakers around and by using the various 'tone' controls.
I'm sticking with the Quad 44 & going to get the various input modules for my TV & AV amp.