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RE: Quad ESL in the making

Posted by AJ (A) on August 23, 2016 at 13:02:53

In Reply to: RE: Quad ESL in the making posted by Satie on August 23, 2016 at 11:52:31:

Hi thanks,

What I've done with the current Beveridge speakers is to eliminate the internal step up transformer and crossover of the Model 3's and now direct drive them with a custom Roger Modjeski made amp.

It eliminates the step-down in my tube amp and the step up drive transformer in the Beveridges lots more drive and detail for a very complex reactive load of the panels.

I drive the panels directly from the plates of the direct drive amp which has a simple 1st order cap filter to feed the panels everything at about 130hz and up...still a work in progress but sounding very very good.

I eliminated the weakest link... the subs.... and use a pair of dedicated REL S2 10" subs. This solves for almost everything with these speakers. My room is about 17x40 and is plenty loud 100db on peaks if I want -but I never listen that loud. The presentation of the Beveridge is quite haunting with the ability to hang instruments and voices in space.

On the ESLs i did stack them.. IMO overrated for the complexity introduced... certainly louder I used a futterman OTL on this set up.

The originals when refurbed are so coherent and have such a midrange purity it is hard to complain about some of their shortfalls.

Refurbished, they do excellent bass and play very loud. I venture that most people that complain never have listened to a properly refurbished pair.

Thanks.

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