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In Reply to: RE: one of the issues posted by Disbeliever on September 3, 2014 at 00:27:15:
Yes very true, but for midrange purity,extremely few modern transducers can match the. Quad. Mark Levinson built custom stands in the 80s for the speaker to make it easier to adjust. He then came out with the HQD system: double stacked Quads with a Decca ribbon (also vintage) and a Hartley TL woofer (likewise vintage). It was a superb system which would its own even today.Of course YMMV
Oh Yeah, relatively unknown in the US but a Hong Kong Company, the Radio People, IIRC, used to build a double stacked Quad system and rearranged the panels for better dispersion. Never really heard them although I met a guy who had them (never invited me over to listen).
Actually considering the speaker was introduced in 1957, definitely in the mono era, it is quite a remarkable achievement. Also consider that electrostatics were invented before magnetic dynamic drivers (original was made of gold foil hammered on to very thin chamois, Alexander Graham Bell built it, IIRC). Consider that even mylar plastic shrink wrap was not commercially available till the early 60's (61?, I'm sure someone will correct me). The effort that Walker made in creating this speaker is rather remarkable given the material constraints of the time.
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- beaming - unclestu 13:51:54 09/03/14 (3)
- RE: beaming - Disbeliever 23:16:10 09/03/14 (2)
- Stacked Quads - geezerrocket 07:02:06 09/04/14 (1)
- RE: Stacked Quads - Disbeliever 08:43:22 09/04/14 (0)
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