Upgrade from Quad 11L?

My first thoughts are to suggest Mapleshade HeavyFeet, or Herbies Footers under your CDP and amp. Another thing to consider is upgrading your interconnects and speaker wires to products by Analysis Plus or JPS Labs. Each of these suggestions will bring out the best of what you already have and likely reveal qualities you didn't know were present in your other components. Then you can decide from there whether or to upgrade your speakers.

I owned the 12L2s and really liked them. Sold them to try the active version and regretted it. The actives weren't anywhere near as satisfying as the standard speakers. Also tried the 21L2s but going on memory, I preferred the 12L2s.
The L series quads are very good for the money, IMO.
BTW, listened to "In Rainbows" last night and "Kid A" (twice) the other night. Great stuff but "The Bends" is my favorite.

I have the 22L2s and like them alot. I have not compared them to others but am happy over all considering money spent - $950 shipped via seller Lanemart. He seems to sell QUADs often.

I have reviewed the Quad 11L speakers in issue 176 of The Absolute Sound. They are extremely well built, the manufacturer even uses Lyptus for their plywood, a very hard and stable timber from Brazil to make them impervious to vibrations. The bottom line is that your speakers are no slouches by any stretch of the imagination, and are in fact bloody fine music makers. I exercised them with 3 sources (a PDA, EAD T000 + D7000 CD combo, and TEAC Esoteric X-01 Limited CD/SACD player), 2 preamplifiers (ARC LS2-B and ARC Reference 3), and a variety of power cords and interconnects, including Cardas Golden Reference, Audioquest Quartz, AudioQuest Sky, Nordost Blue Heaven. My conclusions were that the more quality you feed into them, the more music the little things are going to give you. . . and do they ever stage well!
Before you change anything else, I suggest you may want to play with interconnects and power cords on your entire system. I have become extremely fond lately of the Furutech Evolution series or wires.

I suspect that this far you haven't even scratched the surface of what the Quad 11Ls can give you in music enjoyment! G.

Agree with idea to experiment with wires. Contact The Cable Company for advice and access to demos. Or, check out these Internet vendors:

http://www.anticables.com/products.html

http://www.audioartcable.com/

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/

http://signalcable.com/

http://marc.stager.com/silver/

http://zebracables.com/