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Frequently Asked Questions

Q-1. Where can I get my Quad equipment serviced or repaired?

Q-2 How do I record my vinyl collection onto CD?

Q-3 How do I connect a CD player to my Quad 33 pre-amp?

Q-4 Can you supply ???

A-1
Who better to service or repair your Quad than the company who made it?
Quad still undertake to repair all the equipment they've ever made.

Their contact details are:

Telephone (from UK) : 0845 458 1122
Telephone (international) : +44 1480 452561
Fax : +44 (0) 1480 413403

Unit 7, Ouse Walk, Huntingdon, PE29 3QW, UK
info@quad-hifi.co.uk
www.quad-hifi.co.uk/service.htm

A-2
You can either use a PC fitted with a recordable CD drive or a stand alone CD recorder.
If you want to use a PC, you'll need to connect the tape output of your amplifier to the line input socket
of your PC. The vast majority of PCs are fitted with 3.5mm stereo jack plugs for audio in and out.
A range of cables featuring stereo jack plugs can be found HERE and HERE. You will of course, want to
hear what you're recording, you can either run a second cable from the line out socket of your PC to the
tape input of your amplifier or you can use the loudspeakers which you probably already have connected
to your PC.

To record the audio onto the PC, you will need some sound recording software, there are many different programmes available, some are downloadable free from the Internet, others can be purchased over the Internet and some can be purchased from High Street stores, such as PC World. Personally I use
CoolEdit 2000, this is available as a free downloadable working demonstration and can be obtained from www.syntrillium.com. The demo runs for 30 days giving you ample time to decide if you like the software
and if you decide to buy it, you can purchase it instantly on-line with any major credit card. For full instructions on how to use CoolEdit 2000, you should refer to the Help file contained in CoolEdit 2000 and
lots more help and information is given on the Syntrillium website.

Once you've recorded your vinyl onto the PC, you may want to remove some of the clicks and scratches
that it may contain, you can do this by using an optional add-on, for CoolEdit 2000 called 'Audio Cleanup'. Again a demonstration version can be downloaded to you to try and it can be purchased the same way
as CoolEdit.

Now you need to record the audio on to your blank CDs. Again there are many programmes available to
do this, personally I use Nero, a fully working demo is availabale from www.ahead.de and this too can be purchased on-line

If all this seems rather complicated, then you can buy a stand alone CD recorder. These look just like
a hi-fi CD player and are as easy to install into your system as your cassette deck but they're also
capable of recording directly onto blank CD discs.
One note of warning: all stand alone CD recorders sold for consumer use, can only record onto blank CDs which carry the legend 'for music use' or 'for consumer use'.

If you want to be able to record onto any blank CD, then a CD recorder sold for professional use is required.
I use a Tascam CD-RW700. It can be found for around £300 from many High Street and on-line music shops. The Tascam has standard phono / RCA connectors, it can write to any type of blank CD and it also contains
a one event timer, so if you're going out one evening, and want to record a radio show, you can set it up
to record, just like a video recorder. It also has 2 digital inputs, TOSLINK and Co-Ax SPDIF, so you can connect it to a CD player and copy pre-recorded CDs, (though of course you need the copyright owners consent first!)

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A-3
There are 3 different ways to connect a CD player to a Quad 33.
You'll require a 2 x Phono Plugs (RCA) - 5 pin DIN plug cable or a 2 x Phono Sockets - 5 pin DIN adaptor.
The adaptor allows you to use your favourite Phono/RCA - Phono/RCA cable
These can be found HERE in the on - line shop

1) The output of a CD player is often quoted at around 2v, this is the voltage obtained when a CD is
played which has been recorded to the theoretical maximum possible level. In practice, well recorded
classical music CDs will give an output level of around 300mv and modern highly compressed music CDs
will give around 500mv, (for a more detailed explanation on compression, see Mike Brown's article on compression in the 'Reading Room'). The input sensativity of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 inputs on the
Quad 33 is 100mv, so it's necessary to reduce the output level of the CD player by 10db if you listen predominently to classical music or 15db if you listen to popular music and to do this you can purchase
a Phono - DIN cable or Phono - DIN adaptor HERE the attenuated cable section in my on-line shop

2) If the tape replay function on your 33 is not used for tape, you can set the tape input sensativity to 300mv, instructions on how to do this can be found in the 33 User Manual,
available for download HERE if you haven't got one.

3) The third way of connecting a CD player is to use the turntable input, the turntable adaptor board
can be fitted into the back of the 33 four different ways, the 4 edges are marked 'M1', 'M2', 'C1' and 'S',
by fitting 5 resistors along the 'S' side of the board, and inserting the board 'S' position first, the turntable input becomes a line level input. I do supply an inexpensive kit which contains full instructions and
22 resistors, (11 carbon film and 11 metal film) so the user can choose either metal or carbon film and
one of 3 different input sensativities

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A-4
My on line shop contains a comprehensive selection of cables and connectors for use with Quad
and other hi-fi equipment, but if you can't find exactly what you're looking for,
do please send an e-mail to dave@flashbacksales.co.uk and I'll do all I can to help

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