eisenach
pfm Member
Yesterday, with what I can best describe as a fizz, the right speaker made a funny noise and the stereo image slewed to the left. It lasted a couple of seconds at the most, happened again a few minutes later and then all was fine.
Today it happened again, but lasted longer and then settled down.
So far I haven't tried any diagnostics. It may be the speaker, or the amp or the pre amp or the cd player, but having read things about esl63s, they're the main suspect for the moment. So far it's only happened with CD as the source. It may be something or nothing, but ...
Question: which of these three options do you (fishies) recommend:
1) Get one thing to check/fix (I bought from them but long drive to Coventry, but probably a better option than Quad themselves, given that they no longer "original').
2) Change to one of the newer Quads (2805; 2812). For the former there are reasonable prices to be had.
3) Move away from electrostatics.
I listen mostly to baroque, original instrument ensembles, though the mix apart from that is very eclectic. If the 63s weren't poorly, I wouldn't be thinking of chnging them, as, for the first time, I'm really happy with the system and wasn't thinking of changing anything.
That said, a speaker with a smaller footprint, less room dominating, wouldn't go amiss. For context, I did once buy some ATC20 active towers, hoping they would make a good 63 substitute. They came nowhere close and are relegated to the front room (mostly TV) system.
So really, I suppose the question is, what conventional speakers can match the esl63 that I like so much. Or are the newer Quads significantly better than the 63s?
Amplification in the main system is a Primare 30.2.
I'm in my early 60s, so whatever I do "is forever"!
Today it happened again, but lasted longer and then settled down.
So far I haven't tried any diagnostics. It may be the speaker, or the amp or the pre amp or the cd player, but having read things about esl63s, they're the main suspect for the moment. So far it's only happened with CD as the source. It may be something or nothing, but ...
Question: which of these three options do you (fishies) recommend:
1) Get one thing to check/fix (I bought from them but long drive to Coventry, but probably a better option than Quad themselves, given that they no longer "original').
2) Change to one of the newer Quads (2805; 2812). For the former there are reasonable prices to be had.
3) Move away from electrostatics.
I listen mostly to baroque, original instrument ensembles, though the mix apart from that is very eclectic. If the 63s weren't poorly, I wouldn't be thinking of chnging them, as, for the first time, I'm really happy with the system and wasn't thinking of changing anything.
That said, a speaker with a smaller footprint, less room dominating, wouldn't go amiss. For context, I did once buy some ATC20 active towers, hoping they would make a good 63 substitute. They came nowhere close and are relegated to the front room (mostly TV) system.
So really, I suppose the question is, what conventional speakers can match the esl63 that I like so much. Or are the newer Quads significantly better than the 63s?
Amplification in the main system is a Primare 30.2.
I'm in my early 60s, so whatever I do "is forever"!
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