Hans Zeeuwe of www.audiocircuit.com often has ESL Mylar for sale on ebay - although there is no current listing. I've never used them - but their asking price...
Stewart Penketh of Montreal posted last year the slippery slope of trying to repair leaking bass panels. He still repairs them (he has repaired several of...
This note was from a conversation I had with Stewart Penketh today, in reference to "humming" Bass panels. "In panel rebuilding, a Panel from Hell occasionally...
Hi all Yesterday I became the proud owner of a pair of Quad ESLs. Those of you who know me will be wondering how many pairs of speakers a boy needs, half a...
With my newly acquired ESLs was a bill from Quad dated 1973 for the replacement of a tweeter panel in one of them. Here's a little fun competition for you. How...
The KT66s share a common cathode resistor. As a result they operate at the same bias voltage. If one has higher emission than the other then it will hog the...
Hi Paul, Congratulations on your new ESl's! I can understand how you feel right now having restored a pair of 57's recently, a writeup of which Frank O. posted...
Hmmm...they first cost about £40 each - but that was in the late 50s. Sixteen Pounds 42p? Fred. Paul Whatton <paul.whatton@...> wrote: With my newly...
I would guess £ 50-75 for material AND labour... Sten ... With my newly acquired ESLs was a bill from Quad dated 1973 for the replacement of a tweeter panel...
In a HI FI World article of February 1994 Haden Boardman suggests to replace the common cathode resistor by two resistors of 360 Ohm, 3 Watts, each, decoupled...
Hi Grant I am the wrong person to ask about positioning having lived with them for less than 48 hours. I'm sure there are folk here who are much more ...
Hi Rick Olympia (and Earls Court) are big exhibition centres in London. In the heady days of the early 70s there was enough enthusiasm for Hi Fi for a big show...
£7 14s 6d. No particular reason. It's just a nice, not round number, which would have been quite a lot of money at the time (when my pocket money was 5/- a...
I am now very curious. Two years ago I took my twenty year old 63s back to Huntingdon. Quad replaced all eight elements and fitted the 988 steel grills. That...
Peter Walker used to recommend the ideal position was one third down the diagonal of the room. Paul ... From: Paul Whatton To: quadhifi@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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I'm at work and so don't have it in front of me but the replacement tweeter panel was £4.00. Labour was just over £7.00 and with VAT at 10% the whole bill...
Well i can tell you what it cost for a 63. £169,- for one element (they cost all the same with 63's) and £85,- labour. Ex 19% VAT. A bloody shame tbh. Done...
More from Stewart Penketh. Beautiful summary as to why corroded bass panels are much more difficult to repair than treble panels. "BTW. Despite what I wrote...
Congratulations Paul - next some BC1s (again)... Dave. ... From: quadhifi@yahoogroups.com [mailto:quadhifi@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Whatton Sent: 03...
Hi Dave I had the chance of a nice pair of BC1s at a very reasonable price in the summer. They belonged to my friend Steve. I was very, very tempted by them!...
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