Fair enough. Very difficult speaker to match subs to. The Harleys never quite made it. If you ran them up higher to take the load off the Quads they became very noticable. I do not think even digital bass management could have gotten them to work.
I would love to try four 10" drivers in two enclosures, balanced force configuration with a digital crossover which I know is an enanthema to you but an analog one would never work. Nothing like a challenge. The single most noticeable defect the Quad has is the lack of low bass. The rest is so endearing that most Quad users are happy to overlook this and for the sake of purity, Quad users usually shun anything digital. Given the performance of early CD machines very understandable. Digital has moved on. As long as it stays at 24/96 and higher it can be very listenable but, it does sound different than vinyl. I agree with Michael Fremer on this one. As long as conversions are done at 24/192 or higher they are invisible.
I would love to try four 10" drivers in two enclosures, balanced force configuration with a digital crossover which I know is an enanthema to you but an analog one would never work. Nothing like a challenge. The single most noticeable defect the Quad has is the lack of low bass. The rest is so endearing that most Quad users are happy to overlook this and for the sake of purity, Quad users usually shun anything digital. Given the performance of early CD machines very understandable. Digital has moved on. As long as it stays at 24/96 and higher it can be very listenable but, it does sound different than vinyl. I agree with Michael Fremer on this one. As long as conversions are done at 24/192 or higher they are invisible.