I bought a pair of KEF kit 3s then too, later improving them with rebuilt
crossovers plus massively deadened the cabinets. Sold them a couple of years on
at a small profit, after buying a second hand pair of ESL57s.

I kept them for nearly 30 years.


.... Phil

Still got the ESL57's?...
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tony sayer wrote:

I bought a pair of KEF kit 3s then too, later improving them with
rebuilt crossovers plus massively deadened the cabinets. Sold them a
couple of years on at a small profit, after buying a second hand pair
of ESL57s.

I kept them for nearly 30 years.


.... Phil

Still got the ESL57's?...

Can you still get them fixed? Pal had a pair, and they tended to need
fixing every few years. But did sound wonderful when good.

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*It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.

Dave Plowman London SW
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tony sayer wrote:


I bought a pair of KEF kit 3s then too, later improving them with rebuilt
crossovers plus massively deadened the cabinets.
Sold them a couple of years on
at a small profit, after buying a second hand pair of ESL57s.

I kept them for nearly 30 years.


Still got the ESL57's?...
--


** No, thirty years expired in 2002.

Since then I entertained borrowed ESL63s driven by Quad 405s and 306s for a long while - verrrry nice.

Then I purchased a pair of used ESL63s from an authorised Quad dealer and unfortunately had to return them for a full refund. You do NOT wanna know the legal hassles that involved.

Now I content myself with a pair of 3-way speakers, employing all Vifa drivers in *heavily modified* cabinets that once housed AR2Axs.

I fancy they sound rather better than KEF Concertos but not quite as good as the phenomenal Yamaha NS1000s.



..... Phil

In article , Phil
Allison scribeth thus
tony sayer wrote:


I bought a pair of KEF kit 3s then too, later improving them with rebuilt
crossovers plus massively deadened the cabinets.
Sold them a couple of years on
at a small profit, after buying a second hand pair of ESL57s.

I kept them for nearly 30 years.


Still got the ESL57's?...
--


** No, thirty years expired in 2002.

Since then I entertained borrowed ESL63s driven by Quad 405s and 306s for a long
while - verrrry nice.

:-)..

Then I purchased a pair of used ESL63s from an authorised Quad dealer and
unfortunately had to return them for a full refund. You do NOT wanna know the
legal hassles that involved.

Nope!, lots to do with repairing and replacing errant panels no doubt.
And is there anyone K to do that in Oz suppose the carriage back to
Huntingdon is the price of a new pair;!..


Now I content myself with a pair of 3-way speakers, employing all Vifa drivers
in *heavily modified* cabinets that once housed AR2Axs.

I fancy they sound rather better than KEF Concertos but not quite as good as the
phenomenal Yamaha NS1000s.

Yep one of the good designs..



.... Phil



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Tony Sayer