John Smith wrote:
Can anyone recommend a pair of modern smallish speakers for a Quad II
setup? I'm currently using a 30 year old pair of Wharfdale Lintons (2
careful owners from new :-) ). These sound good, especially with
jazz, but I wonder if a modern design might sound better? I assume
most modern speakers are very insensitive compared to the old Lintons.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John Smith.

Quad 57's



Dave

www.davewhitter.myby.co.uk

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:44:56 +0000, Dave xxxx wrote:

John Smith wrote:
Can anyone recommend a pair of modern smallish speakers for a Quad II
setup? I'm currently using a 30 year old pair of Wharfdale Lintons (2
careful owners from new :-) ). These sound good, especially with
jazz, but I wonder if a modern design might sound better? I assume
most modern speakers are very insensitive compared to the old Lintons.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John Smith.

Quad 57's

Which I can flog you if you are interested )

--
Entwisi
Honda XL1000V Varadero 'The Big V'
FBOTY#2003 PIT#3(KoTL)

entwisi wrote:

Quad 57's

Which I can flog you if you are interested )

I keep telling myself I *don't* want to buy a pair of 57's but I'm not
convincing myself :-) How much are you asking for them and where are you?

Stimpy wrote:

entwisi wrote:

Quad 57's

Which I can flog you if you are interested )

I keep telling myself I *don't* want to buy a pair of 57's but I'm not
convincing myself :-) How much are you asking for them and where are you?

Just be aware that if you buy ESL which are 40 years old, they may need
expensive
repairs. The bass panels are charged up with 6,000 volts, and although its quite
safe,
this voltage leaks away.
If they don't need a repair now, and have never been repaired, they soon will.

Treble panels are all too easily fried by teenagers in charge of a volume
control if the
speakers have hooked to modern amps capable of 100 watts.
The cost of repairs for the panels in these speakers are never cheap.

I am left to wonder that perhaps dynamics have improved a bit since 1957.

Patrick Turner.

Patrick Turner wrote in message ...
Stimpy wrote:

entwisi wrote:

Quad 57's

Which I can flog you if you are interested )

I keep telling myself I *don't* want to buy a pair of 57's but I'm not
convincing myself :-) How much are you asking for them and where are you?

Just be aware that if you buy ESL which are 40 years old, they may need
expensive
repairs. The bass panels are charged up with 6,000 volts, and although its quite
safe,
this voltage leaks away.
If they don't need a repair now, and have never been repaired, they soon will.

Treble panels are all too easily fried by teenagers in charge of a volume
control if the
speakers have hooked to modern amps capable of 100 watts.
The cost of repairs for the panels in these speakers are never cheap.

I am left to wonder that perhaps dynamics have improved a bit since 1957.

Patrick Turner.

I've a pair for sale that I've not advertised ANYWHERE yet. I had them
reburbished and rebuilt by One thing audio in Oct 99 - they look and
sound superb & on GFD adj/tilt stands , that add 12" to the height.
Due to baby I nolonger have the room. These will not be going on Ebay.

email me at - they are in Kent/SE London. £550
all in, no offers.

Tim

In article , tim
writes
Patrick Turner wrote in message news:42192FA7.9433C86
...
Stimpy wrote:

entwisi wrote:

Quad 57's

Which I can flog you if you are interested )

I keep telling myself I *don't* want to buy a pair of 57's but I'm not
convincing myself :-) How much are you asking for them and where are you?

Just be aware that if you buy ESL which are 40 years old, they may need
expensive
repairs. The bass panels are charged up with 6,000 volts, and although its
quite
safe,
this voltage leaks away.
If they don't need a repair now, and have never been repaired, they soon will.

Treble panels are all too easily fried by teenagers in charge of a volume
control if the
speakers have hooked to modern amps capable of 100 watts.
The cost of repairs for the panels in these speakers are never cheap.

I am left to wonder that perhaps dynamics have improved a bit since 1957.

Patrick Turner.

I've a pair for sale that I've not advertised ANYWHERE yet. I had them
reburbished and rebuilt by One thing audio in Oct 99 - they look and
sound superb & on GFD adj/tilt stands , that add 12" to the height.
Due to baby I nolonger have the room.

Well put the nipper up on ebuy then..

You really have to get your priorities right!, the world Doesn't revolve
round nippers they take too many resources anyway..

Perhaps you are doing the right thing..after all who'd want to spoil
some sooper speaker's with baby goo smeared all over them like my
ESL63's were;((((


--
Tony Sayer

tony sayer wrote:


Well put the nipper up on ebuy then..

You really have to get your priorities right!, the world Doesn't revolve
round nippers they take too many resources anyway..

Perhaps you are doing the right thing..after all who'd want to spoil
some sooper speaker's with baby goo smeared all over them like my
ESL63's were;((((



Thats another good thing about making amps from transmitting triodes,
especially with exposed wiring. The "baby goo" tends to burn itself off
after a bit ;-)

--
Nick

"Life has surface noise" - John Peel 1939-2004

"tim" wrote in message
I've a pair for sale that I've not advertised ANYWHERE yet. I had them
reburbished and rebuilt by One thing audio in Oct 99 - they look and
sound superb & on GFD adj/tilt stands , that add 12" to the height.
Due to baby I nolonger have the room. These will not be going on Ebay.

email me at - they are in Kent/SE London. £550

If I wasn't twelve thousand miles from Kent/SE London I would be over this
evening with a pocket full of twenties!

D.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:31:59 +0000, Stimpy wrote:

entwisi wrote:

Quad 57's

Which I can flog you if you are interested )

I keep telling myself I *don't* want to buy a pair of 57's but I'm not
convincing myself :-) How much are you asking for them and where are you?

East Lancs, Never been abused, only used with a pair of II's and then a
33/303 combo. Excellent condition, I've owned them since 89. They haven't
been serviced in a while but still sound superb.

As for price, not really sure, make me an offer.

--
Entwisi
Honda XL1000V Varadero 'The Big V'
FBOTY#2003 PIT#3(KoTL)