Quads - Just a couple of questions

1) try to find out the QUAD distributor and ask them;

2) the Quad will provide much greater transparency and tonal accuracy than the Mags. This does not mean you will like the Quad better but it is a far superior speaker in virtually every musically important area.

3) I believe the efficiency of the new Quads is around 87 dB and any good 50 wpc amp should be enough. With the Quad it is more a question of the quality of the amp than the amount of power available. I have always preferred them with tubes but I know several who have used good ss with considerable success.

Hello,

I agree with Gregadd but would add that the Quads love OTL amps.

Duane

Duane- I agree with you. OTL is the way to go. Atma-sphere M-60. As if Ralph needed another plug.

the Maggies are rough sounding in comparison, the Quads will have much better low level detail and a better sense of 'purity'. The Maggies are no slouch in either catagory it is just that the Quads are among the very best at any price in these regards.

the newer quads are no match for the original quad esl.

save your money. buy a pair of used apogee duetta signatures.

i prefer electrostatic speakers to planar magnetics. however, the quads have gotten worse after they ceased production of the original quads, somewhere in the 1970's.