Does anyone have any first hand information on the state of things
with Quad these days?

I’ve been a devotee of Quad ESL for many years, initially with the one
now known as the ESL57, and for the last 20 years with the ESL63. I’ve
found them enormously satisfying over the years, and never felt the
need to use anything else for my main system.

However, having had a sequence of failed elements (the usual culprits
of unglued stators or fractured diaphragms) which were expensive to
have replaced, I’m wondering the current owners are doing justice to
their legendary inheritance.

I was hoping that there might be a sorting out of some of the
production engineering weaknesses (e.g. the duff glue) but I now
wonder if that was a false hope.

A sign such as the web site being variously broken and apparently not
maintained is not encouraging. It continues to say that the 2905 has
eight elements and the 2805 has six, whereas my understanding is that
it’s 6 and 4 respectively.

I’ve got two ESL63s here with element faults less than three years
since they were serviced. I’m just wondering if it’s time to look
elsewhere for audio nirvana.

Any encouraging news gratefully received.

Cheers