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) : 01480 452 561
Telephone (international) : +44 1480 452 561
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 Adobe Audition, this is available as a free downloadable working demonstration and can be obtained from www.adobe.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 Audition, you should refer to the Help file contained in the software

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 features in Audition

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-RW705. 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.

The input sensativity of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 inputs on the Quad 33 is 100mv, so its 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 The kit can be found HERE

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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 send an e-mail to dave@flashbacksales.co.uk and I'll do all I can to help

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