hands came on carrying the cling-film dust cover from an
ESL63,


** The ESL63 dust cover is not " cling film " - it is actually the same
extremely thin, Mylar film the diaphrgnms are made from.

***Accepted. Couldn't at the time remember the correct name, but "cling
film" was a fair approximation of the product which most people understood.


** Demonstrates the power of suggestion the eyes have over the ears of
over those with weak minds.

***The power of suggestion is of course extremely well known and documented.
It certainly does not apply only to those of "weak minds" - how do you
define that, by the way?




When I got home I took the film covers off my own ESL63s (the metal
protection covers had already been removed once my daughter was old
enough to be trusted not to poke sharp metal objects through the cloth,
and that made a huge difference) and on a variety of sources confirmed to
my own satisfaction that I preferred the sound "without".


** Removing the grille and/or the sock increases the level of frequencies
above 10kHz - so the sound gets a tad brighter - which gives the illusion
of " more detial ".

Fools nearly everyone into thinking it is therefore " better ".

***Personally I like to hear all the information available, so if the
protective covers mask anything over 10kHz then off they come.




The presenter also talked about the huge range of the Quad speakers, from
DC to light,

** OK, so gross exaggeration and total bull**** are your stock in
trade - Mr. Mackenzie.

***Quite possibly. Earnt me quite a decent living over the years, though.
Less offensive than personal abuse too.

and why there was absolutely no need to use any form of sub,


** Yawn...

***Meaning?

Did he produce his army IQ test for you to pour scorn on too ?

***Totally different thread; anyway, I was stating facts, not pouring
scorn.

Wot a ******......

***Thought you'd revert to type eventually!

Geoff MacK