Quad 33 woes

[Craig Sawyers]

Originally Posted by Craig Sawyers

That sounds like a good idea. I have an intermittent problem in my 33 which could well be a dodgy solder joint.

Craig

Just resoldered every joint in the 33, and that cured my intermittent horrid noise, which previously needed the unit to be twisted to cure.

Thanks for the heads up on that!

Craig

[Boulevardier]

Originally Posted by stevehertz

I always found the 22 and 33 preamps difficult to use because the switching pressure needed necessitated holding the preamp down with the other hand otherwise the unit just slid backwards on the shelf! There are ways around it like a small wooden 'dam' fixed behind, or fitting them into a heavier custom made wooden box/rack which is what I did with my 22 setup.

I agree Steve. I dislike push button switches and slider controls (the latter can be difficult to use with precision because of the way human muscles, fingers, knuckle work).

Ergonomically, they've never really improved on rotary controls - the "twisting" actions of the wrist can be done with relatively fine precision - perfect for human musculature and joints! And, you get even finer control simply by increasing the knobs' diameter

[alanworland]

Glad your is sorted Craig - mine went back to Quad a couple of times for this and seemed ok upon it's return but the fault returned after a while! I did a dada upgrade on it (problem persisted) then in desperation went over all the joints - voila!

Alan