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stevec67 said:
BTW, joking aside and when I've finished pulling JRs leg, when you look at them arranged like this it would be a VERY simple affair to double up, as I'm sure he is thinking. Full dimensioned sketches on request, the frames could be knocked up in an hour by a cackhanded welder (I suspect mine were, to say these are factory items the welding is absolutely crap. I'm no timeserved coded TIG boy but I can weld better than this and even if I can't I have the good sense to disguise my shame with the application of a grinder.) The wood is simply a hardwood plank, you could of course use ply if you preferred.
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Go easy with the criticism of Quad's welding. AFAIK the factory only supplied a drawing, never the finished product.
I had stacked 57's for only a short time since I just couldn't get back far enough from them.
I now have 989's. I'm looking to move house, but now realize that English houses (other than country mansions) are really not designed to accept hifi. I've looked at hundreds of houses online, none have the 'right' shape of room.
 
Thanks Steve!

Original Quad factory stacked diagram - a "suggested serving" as Jowcol says..

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If you can remotely cram them in the room they are sensational. Having said they don't do bump-thump rock & roll I'm just sitting listening to a bit of Giant Sand at moderate volumes and one section actually made me jump. No box speaker is remotely as fast, and they go loud enough at 11 o'clock on the volume pot of my EL34 amp. 12 o'c is loud enough for anyone and I'm not going there until I get some sort of protection on the things, say the OneThing protection circuit.

They really really do not fit in my house, but I don't care!
 
Now, there's a guy in control of his own life! Great! have 63s myself and I told a potential gf that she doens't have to like me, but the speakers. Hehe.
Anyway, is Moeran the English composer? 1900s? Didn't he do songs as well? Been looking for it, do you have any ref to his catalogue?
Cheers
 
Zombie said:
Now, there's a guy in control of his own life!
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Dunno if I'd go *that* far.;):rolleyes:

Anyway, is Moeran the English composer? 1900s? Didn't he do songs as well? Been looking for it, do you have any ref to his catalogue?
Cheers
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Dead right, impressive knowledge of an obscure composer.:) He has done songs and was heavily influenced by English folk music. The CD I have refers to his use of 6/8, 3/4 and 7/8 time signatures which are apparently of folk music origin.

I heard his work on the radio in Eire on hols years ago, I was with friends who didn't like to rise before about 9 or 10 so I was in the habit of setting an alarm for sunrise (October so reasonable) and going exploring with a camera. One day the radio played this fantastic music so I stayed until they announced the title: Moeran's string quartet in A something. I tracked it down in a record shop where I came up with what I still think is my best musical joke:

Me:Hello, have you anything by a composer called Moran?
Salesman: Interesting request, I'll have a look...Oh, I have Moeran, with an "E". He's on Naxos, there isn't a huge catalogue.
Me: OK, what is there?
SM:Hmm, yes, this CD has String Quartet in E flat major, String Quartet in A Minor, String Trio in G major.
Me: (deadpan) Oh, a trio? Did someone ring in sick that day?
:D sniggers all round.:D

So, Naxos 8.554079, costs (or did) the princely sum of a fiver. I recommend it. Dunno what else is out there, as i say it's not my usual thing but a feature of a fantastic hifi is that you often appreciate music that you otherwise wouldn't. Girls Aloud excepted.:rolleyes:
 
Great Steve! Sounds like how I discovered the Polish composer Gorecki. I listen to a history program and a Gorecki symphony was running in the background.
Anyway, thanks for the pointer to Moeran on Naxos.
 
I've finally bitten the bullet and decided to turn the wick up a bit. Will they go loud? Oh yes. Loud enough for me and probably a little louder than my neighbours would like.:D

Now I'm no longer afraid of blowing them up I'll give them some use. I've also discovered that yes, they really *can* do rock and roll, if asked.:cool:
 
Excellent new Steve. We'll have to check out your stacked ones and my ordinary ones (and the 989s) - we can have a chat at Tony's next weekend. I think I can just fit two amplifiers in a 911. (Didn't think about that when I suggested the meet, opps!)
 
Thank you so much for posting these pictures! I can't wait to show my wife, so that she can appreciate how small and insignificant my recently acquired KEF 105/1s are by comparison!

I am already working with the sales line that the castors enable them to be pushed back to the wall when not in use, "making them almost invisble"??. :)

..next stop is off to Wilmslow audio to get the crossover recapped...shhhhhh!
 
Bagga said:
Thank you so much for posting these pictures! I can't wait to show my wife, so that she can appreciate how small and insignificant my recently acquired KEF 105/1s are by comparison!

I am already working with the sales line that the castors enable them to be pushed back to the wall when not in use, "making them almost invisble"??. :)

..next stop is off to Wilmslow audio to get the crossover recapped...shhhhhh!
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Soon to be divorced I think. If you can convice her you are a better man than me. As I couldn't convince mine:D
 
Whatever you do, get it in writing - I have now had the following laminated:

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(happy owner of ESL63/SW63 subs in a 13.5' square-ish room)
 
Top (wife-)management skills I must say!

I am afraid that I followed the slightly more underhand method of expressing surprise when I picked up the KEF 105s: "I didn't quite realise they were THAT BIG!?" ..that kind of thing!

I have also had to resort to a lot of pre-emptive bribery over many years and covering untold BLING for Mrs Bagga! ..so far so good!

..and "those castors - fabulous! - see how the speakers push right back against the wall!" Genius KEF design! :)
 
stevec67 said:
Dunno if I'd go *that* far.;):rolleyes:



Dead right, impressive knowledge of an obscure composer.:) He has done songs and was heavily influenced by English folk music. The CD I have refers to his use of 6/8, 3/4 and 7/8 time signatures which are apparently of folk music origin.

I heard his work on the radio in Eire on hols years ago, I was with friends who didn't like to rise before about 9 or 10 so I was in the habit of setting an alarm for sunrise (October so reasonable) and going exploring with a camera. One day the radio played this fantastic music so I stayed until they announced the title: Moeran's string quartet in A something. I tracked it down in a record shop where I came up with what I still think is my best musical joke:

Me:Hello, have you anything by a composer called Moran?
Salesman: Interesting request, I'll have a look...Oh, I have Moeran, with an "E". He's on Naxos, there isn't a huge catalogue.
Me: OK, what is there?
SM:Hmm, yes, this CD has String Quartet in E flat major, String Quartet in A Minor, String Trio in G major.
Me: (deadpan) Oh, a trio? Did someone ring in sick that day?
:D sniggers all round.:D

So, Naxos 8.554079, costs (or did) the princely sum of a fiver. I recommend it. Dunno what else is out there, as i say it's not my usual thing but a feature of a fantastic hifi is that you often appreciate music that you otherwise wouldn't. Girls Aloud excepted.:rolleyes:
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Steve if you enjoy Moeran, try some Gerald Finzi or even Hamilton Harty both really underated early- mid 20th Century pastoral composers!
 
A good case can be made for the Moeran symphony as the greatest English* symphony of the thirties. Walton or Vaughan-Williams symphonies of the time are the best comparisons, all three greatly influenced by Sibelius of course (unfortunately Moeran had a similar fondness for the booze). Free download here (terrible recording of amateur orchestra but gives you a general idea of how it goes). There was a good performance at the Proms this year which is available via the torrents, unfortunately the excellent Chandos CD seems to be out of print currently.

*I'm not surprised you heard him in Ireland, Moeran was one of those Englishmen who loved to play up his celtic roots.
 
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