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That is avatar worthy.

But is it enough to move the M3 from the uncool to the cool (or even sub zero) board on Top Gear?

Curse you It's going to take a while to find some. I might get some MMGs for the time being while I wait for a nice ESL63.

Any thoughts on the ESL-988? Sound quality, reliability, etc?

Just my opinion I think Boston will be a real power house team next year. I wouldn't be surprised if they were number two or three seed in the East.

Listened to "Electric Snake" the song is terrible

Thanks! Have you compared the Aesthetix to the XOno or Klyne?

Got to hear the upgraded version of the Aesthetix IO again yesterday for a longer period of time. The doc that owns the replinthed Garrard 301/Triplanar/EMT brought it down and we did some shoot outs between it and the EAR 324. The Aesthetix is scary good with the recent jazz 45 rpm reissues. Operation was very quiet too for a phono that has so many tube gain stages. Anyone have any idea what the purpose of EL34s in the power supply are?

The Pass XA100 I heard ran hot, but nothing like my Aleph 30. Those Krell amps were 650w and never left Class A? That's bloody madness. Parasound JC-1 might be another one in your budget, though I have never heard them.

It looks like I more than likely won't be attending. Something personal has come up, and I don't particularly want to get on another flight on Saturday afternoon after returning from a 22 hour flight.

Very nice. I appreciate the impressions.

How are they compared to the Qualia?

Price mostly, I can't refurb the panels myself. What else is in that $1500-2500 (used) ballpark, ESL-988?

I don't know how to word this properly, but I'll give it a shot- where does the RF15 (log) begin to ease off from max attenuation? ie with most pots it's immediately after the 0 position which often leads to channel imbalance at low volume.

I will keep my eyes open. Would something like a Pass Labs Aleph 3 or Aleph 30 be enough power? I really like the sound from both of those. I was under the impression a stout 50 wpc amp would be needed that is stable into a highly variable load. Though the other benefit of staying with tube amps in my system is they are usually higher gain and I intend to keep my transformer volume control as a preamp.

Everything I have read leads me to believe the 63 will better suit me (more extension, and I listen to a wide variety of music). It's difficult to hear either around here. Any recommendations for amps? My preference is for tube amps since they're easier to find than low power class A solid state and I don't want to mess with any other SS amps in case they blow up Also do the protection circuits for the tweeters need to be rebuilt for the ESL63?

Hmm well my experience with electrostatic speakers is limited to the Sound Lab 945 (admittedly not a fair comparison, since it is probably the Ferrari of electrostat speakers) and various Maggies. I will say the SLs sound like real music and the clarity I heard was unbelievable. Maggies try and get close to that clarity, but never quite get there. They also lack the utmost realism with instruments. Still they fare better than any box speakers in those two areas. My interest in Maggies is I still feel they are the best value at various price points, but wouldn't mind extending my budget for Quads. I will eventually get the SLs, life is too short to not enjoy that sound on a daily basis.

I haven't measured it, but roughly 25'x15' dedicated listening room. I'm sold on Cardas/Barry Diament's speaker setup guide so either instance I wouldn't be sitting further than 9 feet from the speakers.

Lots of great info at estatsolution.com, the first I have seen with any meaningful info on serial numbers. I have been going back and forth about whether or not to put down a deposit for the Magnepan 1.7 vs an ESL63 (even before the Audiogon ad showed up), and everything tells me go Quad since I love electrostats. Does it seem more sensible finding a dead pair of ESL63 then getting someone to completely rebuild them? $1900 at estatsolution.com, but then you're approaching used Quad 988 prices once you take into account the used speaker cost.

Given that Q&SD are not really close to the seller my assumption is all 6 were done at once, but I should ask. I rang Q&SD and refurbing/replacing individual panels isn't cheap. $350 per panel plus labor, which is a minimum of 3 hours. Replacing all 8 panels is $3100 including labor (I believe).

I have been going back and forth about whether or not to get these Quad ESL 63 For Sale | AudiogoN I have no idea how only replacing 6 of the 8 panels will affect the sound, and the good side of the brain says it's not worth it in case anything goes wrong I wouldn't be able to service them myself... The evil side says do it :/

Blah can't believe they let up 2 in the third

All of the RK27s I've tried only had the imbalance right after the 0 position and none after that.

845 Morgan Jones amp just because you can!

Yeah the Civic was my first choice all along, the $2500 saving on the Corolla was nice. But if it's only $1500 it wasn't worth it.