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In Reply to: RE: Consult Kent at Electrostatic Solutions posted by E-Stat on January 30, 2016 at 16:06:59
Maybe when I move up income brackets I'll get some U1's and amps to compliment them, lol.
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He posted this a while back.
Yeah this is essentially exactly what I want to build.
After building it I can tell you that the speaker will not play any lower or any louder.
What you get is a speaker with more energy in the bottom of its range. The balance of the speaker changes with more emphasis in the bottom and some sacrifice of the midrange.
Based on what you have stated as your goal even a 63 built like this will not get you there.
Kent,
I have not done any systematic survey, but it seems to me that, as I recall many references to Quads in magazine reviews, articles and so on, that most reviewers who keep a pair of Quads around (not the original ESLs, but the "FREDs"--63s) all seem to have the 63's, 988s, or 2805s rather than the bigger Quads. Anthony Cordesman wrote about acquiring a pair of 2905s for a second system that was more "musical" than his reference system, but I think several reviewers commented on greater difficulty getting the larger Quad's bass balance right (because it was excessive) in their particular rooms. What you have said here seems to conform to that idea.
I listen to my 63's on Quad's stand and deliver stands. This improves the base for me. I acknowledge that getting them up a bit higher, where the centers are exactly at ear level is even better.
George
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