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RE: Stereophile Reaches a New Nadir

Jon Dahlquist was a HUGE original Quad fan. He used stacked originals. And that was his inspiration for the DQ-10 he was trying to make the original Quad.

Sal Marantz said they could have made a much better speaker if Jon had not been wedded to the idea they had to look identical to the original Quad and basically they do.

Back in the day I saw, heard original Quads at all kinds of dealers. Of course not as many dealers carried Quad as say Dahlquist but they had plenty of dealers. Mostly dealers that carried the very best of the day, Mark Levinson, ARC, etc.

With 55,000 units produced they are not that rare. For a high-end speaker that is pretty impressive production numbers.

Since they have been long out production about the only place you can hear them now is at a show. I Just showed them at CAF. To say the room was a hit would be an understatement. No matter ones exposure to high-end audio the original Quad working properly should still impress. Nothing has come along in 60 years that truly displaces, makes irrelevant the original Quad.

Perfect? No but what is. But everyone that hears them instantly understands why they are legendary. They fundamentally get it right more than I can say for most speakers. I imagine we will be talking about them 60 years from now.

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