Subject: Re: How long do Quad ESLs last?
From: aschaub@aol.com (Aschaub)
Date: 1996/01/27
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"Steve Zipser (Sunshine Stereo, Inc.)" <zip@ix.netcom.com writes:
> I think Quad may be giving you the average - which would include the
> idiots who try & play an old 350watt phase linear thru original
> esl's, and the wacko's who go modifying their own speakers.
I've owned a pair of ESL-63 USA Monitors for about five years now and have had to have five panels replaced (the speakers only have eight total); however, the most recent four replacements have resulted from accidents where the "clamping" circuit failed to protect the panels during unintended, continuous low-frequency tones and / or a power surge. So I concur with Zip's message but will say that, in general, I see far fewer Martin Logan and Sound Lab loudspeakers in the local repair shops than Quads (perhaps because fewer people own them?).
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