• Several years ago - E-Stat 06:29:38 07/17/24 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: Totally agree posted by George S. Roland on July 17, 2024 at 06:08:03

  business took me to the KC area and I thoroughly enjoyed an evening of music and barbeque with him. While still employing classic panel stretching jigs, he selects thinner, more modern diaphragm material and other upgraded parts in the power supply when he rebuilds Quads.
  
  The newly rebuilt pair we listened to driven by ARC electronics sounded very nice. Still prefer my U790s. ;)
  

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  • RE: Several years ago - kentaja 07:00:42 07/17/24 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: Several years ago posted by E-Stat on July 17, 2024 at 06:29:38

    'Still prefer my U790s'
    
    Of course you do!
    
    Comparing the original QUAD to the U790 is like comparing an E-type Jag to a modern Ferrari. Both are a blast to drive for sure but.......
    
    Time marches on things do get better. But as Steven Stone said in his TAS review 'The first listen to a pair of old QUADs for most humans is like hearing live music compared to the poor imitations of music produced by every loudspeaker they'd ever heard before.'
    
    Yep! The reason why after nearly 70 years since they were introduced they are still the center of attention people still want them. I was talking with Andrew Jones a few weeks ago and he told me they were the first good sounding loudspeaker he ever heard. He has owned them since college.
    

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    • That experience for me... - E-Stat 07:08:09 07/17/24 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: Several years ago posted by kentaja on July 17, 2024 at 07:00:42

      "The first listen to a pair of old QUADs for most humans is like hearing live music..."
      
      was via JWC's Dayton-Wright XG-8s in the mid 70s. While not perfect, they imparted such a natural character I had never heard before. And they could crank!
      

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      • RE: That experience for me... - kentaja 07:21:45 07/17/24 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: That experience for me... posted by E-Stat on July 17, 2024 at 07:08:09

        The first electrostats I heard was a stacked pair of D-W XG-10 driven with a Mark Levinson ML-3. Impressive for sure but they did not have the impact on me that the original QUAD did several months later.
        

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