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Is It Possible?

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Is it possible for a pair of Quad63 sounds better than a pair of Focal Utopia Scala I?  I am was using the Scala in my system and was very happy with the overall result, except for an occasionally bright sound on certain recordings.  I recently bought a pair of non-working Quad63 at a garage sale for $250, had them serviced for about $650.  I was going to use the quad in my office for background music, but I decided to have a A/B test against my beloved Scala.  I almost fell of my chair when heard what came out of the Quad. The vocals and the instruments just came alive, especially the female's voice.  The only advantage I gave to the Scala was the soundstage, which is wider and a little deeper than the Quad.  How can this be?  What am I doing wrong with the Scala?  How can a pair of $900 speakers sounds much better, in my opinion, than a pair of speakers that cost me almost $25,000?

myaudio168
myaudio168 OP
14 posts
 
Thanks for the suggestion shadorni.  I don't know much about ATC, but I'll definitely check them out when I get a chance.   
analogluvr
800 posts
 
Welcome to modern high end audio. 
But yet every year speakers make huge leaps and gains rendering the previous model hopelessly obsolete 🙄
roberjerman
2,086 posts
 
The 63's act as a point-source full-range driver. No complex x-over like in the Focal's and other box speakers. A much purer sound! Superior accuracy with impulse response! I'll take the 63's anytime over a box speaker with multi-drivers!
roberjerman
2,086 posts
 
The founder and owner of SME had an array of 16 horizontally and vertically stacked 63's in his listening room! I saw the pictures! And he could afford any speaker in the world!
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michaelgreenaudio
643 posts
 

"Welcome to modern high end audio.
But yet every year speakers make huge leaps and gains rendering the previous model hopelessly obsolete"

I wasn’t sure if you were making a joke or not so don’t take this wrong if you were.

The HEA market is a very small part of the playback hobby. Long after the over priced, over built era is long gone products like the Quad will be admired for thousands, maybe tens of thousands. The 57 and 63 models, set up well, can hold someone’s attention for hours and days of constant play. Most "modern" speakers haven’t a prayer in doing this before the owners start making "bad recording" excuses.

There are far more listeners who have moved back to proven designs then there are modern purchases.

Michael Green

http://www.michaelgreenaudio.net/

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