Toufu,
I own the active version of the Quad 11L. The speaker does many things very well, but there is a definite hot spot in the tweeter output. A hump from 5kHz to 10kHz gives many recordings an edginess that I can't tolerate- particularly with compressed, forward vocals (Lucinda Williams album "West" is a good example).
One thing that really did help, and was measurable improvement, was wool tweeter surround to reduce baffle diffraction.
Next week I'll be in a city where I can listen to more monitors and I am hoping to find the right speaker (maybe Dynaudio) even if I have to move away from active design.
Regards,
Charlie
I own the active version of the Quad 11L. The speaker does many things very well, but there is a definite hot spot in the tweeter output. A hump from 5kHz to 10kHz gives many recordings an edginess that I can't tolerate- particularly with compressed, forward vocals (Lucinda Williams album "West" is a good example).
One thing that really did help, and was measurable improvement, was wool tweeter surround to reduce baffle diffraction.
Next week I'll be in a city where I can listen to more monitors and I am hoping to find the right speaker (maybe Dynaudio) even if I have to move away from active design.
Regards,
Charlie