![]() Tencacious was and is free to write on these posts as well. I think your post was directed as stab against, us hence you nice use of bold type. Yes twoleftears, Tenacious is one of their dealers so are we. My hope is that they'll offer newer breakthroughs in home audio, surpassing the legacy they've already created for themselves. It will be interesting to see how the Quad company develops towards the future. I have no experience with Quad's dynamic speaker line but I'd certainly like to hear a pair. I'll, also add that they are very particular in how they're positioned but I guess that's the price one pays for reference speakers at $14,000 a pair. The only reason that I would hesitate on buying Quad ESL"s in the future is the audiophile masochism that comes from owning them. Will I buy another pair of Quad's in the future? It's hard to say although as far as there sound, there's nothing to object to. Also, coming from China, the cost for these is probably lower than if they were still made in the UK. The Chinese can build a Hubble telescope if you pay them to do it and the 2905's are sturdier than Quad's previous models. As for their build quality having come from China, I have no complaints. My personal view of this is that there's a lack of interest in buying these types of speakers in general, as well as poor marketing from IAG. When my repair guy Russ in Northern Ohio spoke with Music Direct/MOFI, given that they recently hired a new sales rep, the rep told Russ that only thirteen pairs of full range Quad ESL's were sold last year in the USA. I believe the 63's to be a little richer in the mid-range. However, these are made very well with comparison to the 57's and 63's albeit a compromise to the mid-range given the added protective coat over their circuit board. I've had two panels per speaker replaced previously but not because of how these were constructed but because of an accidental gain surge via Amarra SQ+.Quad ESL's have always been thought of as high maintenance women and from my experience, the 2905's are consistent with that claim. I own the Quad 2905 ESL's and I'm having a panel replaced in one, right at this moment. Sorry about getting to this thread at such a late time. ![]() I wonder if the reason could be that Quad are not a go to speaker brand like KEF, B&W or Dynaudio to name a few? Or, perhaps more likely, that people, especially those in the UK, tend to shy away from what was originally a UK manufactured speaker that is now a part of the IAG group and manufactured in China? Then again, the answer could be simply that the S-2 simply doesn't appeal to many folk, perhaps due to a dislike of ribbon tweeters? So, I'm a little puzzled as to why they don't appear to be very popular, at least I rarely see them mentioned on hi-fi forums. ![]() I haven't owned or heard many speakers in my lifetime for comparison, but these do sound extremely good to my ears and are highly regarded by the few owner reports that I've come across. I've got about 30 hours on mine to date, but am already really impressed with them and they are a significant upgrade on the Richmond 3i's, which were very well regarded in their day. According to the manual they need 50 hours run in before sounding their best. Recently acquired a pair of these speakers to replace my trusty 14 year old Castle Richmond 3i's.
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