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RE: Who Has Built ER Audio's Acorn, ESL III or 505 ESL Kits?

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In Reply to: RE: Who Has Built ER Audio's Acorn, ESL III or 505 ESL Kits? posted by cin5 on May 17, 2016 at 16:09:10

I know a guy who has esperience with trying to build the small model and thought it was crap, but he is very opinonated. I think you would be better of buying to quad esl63 panels- in fact I think the bass paanels caan be used to go full range. Something you can google. You could also do a search for my post (with image 0of a rebuilt reasembled quad esl57

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RE: Who Has Built ER Audio's Acorn, ESL III or 505 ESL Kits? - cin5 19:48:43 05/19/16 (2)
Thanks for your reply. Was it the 505 mini panels that he found to be such poor performers? If yes, why?
Too small a sweet spot? Restricted sound stage? What else?
And they only go down to 200Hz. What did he use for below that? Designer Rob Mackinlay says it's best to use an open baffle woofer below it http://www.eraudio.com.au/Mini_Panels/mini_panels.html But unless your friend's willing to bi-amp the system he'd have to find a woofer (18"??) that's within a db or two of the 505 panels' 86db. Please let me know what he thinks about this.
From what I read, it doesn't seem to pay to think about going with the ESL III kits. For the time and effort, bass response
is not quite there. But as for the Acorns, which I've read nothing but raves about, check out this thread
http://www.world-designs.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1295

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- RE: Who Has Built ER Audio's Acorn, ESL III or 505 ESL Kits? - digda_beat 20:26:04 05/19/16 (1)
  I dont really know. Unfortunatel Pat, who did it, is on his last legs die to cancer.
  
  here's his website
  http://www.turneraudio.com.au/
  - http://www.turneraudio.com.au/ (Open in New Window)
  - RE: Who Has Built ER Audio's Acorn, ESL III or 505 ESL Kits? - cin5 04:12:11 05/20/16 (0)
    Very sorry to hear about Pat. I checked out his website; looks like he did a lot of great mods on amps and preamps.

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