At 9:10 he nailed the difference between the objectives of audiophiles vs high fidelity enthusiasts.

The Spendors are a natural match for the Quads

Thanks Kevin for another nice comparison

Great review and very well worded. I Love Quad and Celestion I have ESL63s SL6S and Ditton 66 Studio monitors and can agree it is horses for courses. Get a sound you like and if you can stick with it, you will save so much money. If you loved the sound 10yrs ago why would you not still like that sound today… unless your musical taste has changed. GST a system you love and enjoy it and stat listening to the music not your system,,,, if you know what I mean. 👍😊

Interesting. The Ditton system exercised more control over the speakers, whereas the Quads sounded quite fluent, musically, but just lacking that last bit of top end transparency, which is typical of the brand back in the day. But, as you say Kevin, the title controls would bring things into better balance. Having owned all those Quad components, I always felt, however, that that using the HF tilt bias tended to drop the LF response a bit.

Had My Quad 33/303...And Celestion SL 6 Set up Now For Almost 40 Years.. Classic Combination that has always delivered a controlled sound... Oh, And In Another Room I have Yes You Guessed It another Quad And Celestion Set Up....and has you stated i "f it suits your ears"....Like Wharfedale Someone out there must try and re vamp Celestion Speakers For The Current Generation

Hiya, deeply into the Harbeth and Spendor club now, I just picked up M40. 1 and have been resurrecting a pair of virgin SP100 cabinets into working units. Wanted to ask what you think of the Quad pre, I find the tilt a bit frustrating when just trying to take the edge off a poor remaster.... Currently paired with Meridian G57. Keep up the good work! Roderick