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In Reply to: ESLs can they be done on a budget? posted by sagesound on June 14, 2010 at 05:45:45:
All under 1K. There are others too but forget the Beveridge, Stax and SoundLab as they all go for considerably more than 1K unless you're very lucky and run across a deal in which case it's a no-brainer, snap them up. Sometimes a Dayton Wright ESL will go for under $1,000 but usually for more. Note, if you run across a Dayton Wright esl the insulating gas has more than likely leaked out by this time, this will cause the speaker to arc at a lower level than it was designed to operate. The gas used is Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6, a common industrial electrical insulating gas for high voltage spark arresting environments. One can buy a lecture-bottle of SF6 gas but it's not cheap at $300 to $500. Despite the name, SF6 gas is generally considered harmless see; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride
Dayton Wright history,
http://www.dayton-wright.com/DaytonWright.html
Koss Model 1a, last pair I saw went for between $400 to $500, skip the Model 2's and 3's they are poor performers compared to the Model One or the Acoustats. Also the Koss will require a high current stable amp as they are finicky about amplification much like the Soundlabs.
http://www.audioflipper.com/model.php?id=109717
Hope this helps.
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- Koss Model 1's show up from time to time; less than Acoustats, also KLH9s, Quad57s, JansZens, RtR - cfb 09:04:28 06/16/10 (0)
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