Quad 33 303 fm3

Great classic hifi sounds so smooth and rich.

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• Quad
• 303
• 33
• Fm3

[littleredones]

Hi, what type of aerial you used for the fm3?

[dragonlaker]

@littleredones Hi The aerial is an old TV antenna - now no use due to Satellite dishes we have, but it works surprisingly well on FM. cheers.

[littleredones]

Cool Quad 33/303/fm3 combo! I bought the 33/303 recently on eBay and described as working but when I connected them up, loud humming crackly sound coming out from one speaker, nothing from the other - TOTAL waste of my money!

[dragonlaker]

@littleredones Hi... sorry to hear about your QUADs. Obviously you bought poor examples. But remember these are 30 - 40 year old system, and they need to be serviced every 15 -20 years. Services are simple - just replacing the old capacitors, and they will work like NEW, and will keep on working forever.

[donpro]

Thanks for the demo of your perfect FM 3. Mine fried recently and Planabox in Montreal tells me he can't fix it ( keep for parts he says ).Hard to find here, going at $200CA. Buying a wooden sleeve this week, nice item. Using the 405 with Dynaco A 35's. Fanatically searching for ESL 57's...lost an eBay auction this week for a perfect pair in Boston . He removed the listing 18 hours before ending due to lower than desired bids. He told me he sold them locally for $1000 USD. Pity.

[dragonlaker]

@donpro Sorry to hear about your 303. They are repairable, even with just soldering iron and multi meter - you just replace the faulty or burnt components, and they will work again like NEW. Watch out for the parts on eBay, and they should come up. I never had the ESL 57s, but they supposed to be well matching with the QUADs. I run my QUADs with a pair vintage harfedales from 1950s, and they sound pretty good. Hope you will get the 303 repaired, also good luck on hunting for the ESL57.

[CaptainBluebear08]

Thanks for posting this. I am possibly about to buy exactly this set, and now I have a better impression.

Is the hiss coming from your videocamera?

[littleredones]

Ok, will try with a splitter to exsisting tv aerial once my 33/303 come back from Quad service. I sent them off last week and unfortunatley turnaround time is 3 weeks haha.

[littleredones]

I am a total novice as regards to electronics and hopeless with a soldering iron, so the task of replacing parts on the 33/303 is beyond me, so thinking sending them off to Quad for service/repair/upgrades but the costs won't be cheap!

[dragonlaker]

@thadvancedaudiophile Hi Mate~ Thanks for your comment. I know what you mean about stacking the system, and how it is no good for the sound, but right now I have no much space in the house.... so I almost sold my QUAD system on eBay, but fortunately no one has bid on them - maybe I was looking for too much? I am glad that I still have the QUAD with me, as these are excellent sounding machines. cheers.