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打从1936起就开始挂牌的Quad，经过数十年岁月，年代改换、世事改迁，但品牌迄今仍屹立，别说是音响产业，就以企业来说，这也是不简单的事。起名为「QUAD」，其实是「Quality Unit Amplifier Domestic」的缩写，意思是高质量家用扩大机产品。数十年来，不仅是ESL静电音箱的重要开发品牌，电子产品更有许多长年畅销的经典机种。

Quad Platinum系列是该公司电子产品的旗舰系列，包括Platinum DMP数字媒体播放器、Platinum pre立体声前级、Platinum Stereo立体声后级、Platinum单声道后级等，单从命名就不难看出这间公司走的是务实风格，是什么器材，就称呼什么。DMP的英文全称是Digital Media Player，所以简称DMP。实际上呢，DMP就是一台CD播放器兼数字前级。

QUAD’s reputation as a manufacturer of hi-fi products that deliver musical accuracy through technical prowess is legendary and is nowhere more evident than in the Platinum series of components. Platinum is the pinnacle of QUAD design, a series of CD/DAC Pre and Power amplifiers that provides everything you need, bar the loudspeakers, to replay music recordings as they were meant to be heard – naturally.

Platinum is the flagship of the QUAD range, a new set of electronics from a brand that has been famous for quality amplification since 1936. Like all QUAD designs, Platinum’s purpose is the ‘closest approach to the original sound’ – in Platinum’s case closer than ever before.