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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #45 on: 02 July 2015, 21:40:57 »
Well, kettle leads are no more. So need to source those.

Looking forward to firing these up. :)
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #46 on: 02 July 2015, 22:33:54 »
No old computers with spare leads, Chris? I think Poundland still do them, if not. Please report back on how you get on.
Promise me that you won't listen to the "reproduction", listen to the music - that is what Quads are all about.

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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #47 on: 03 July 2015, 05:56:04 »
I have a feeling the Quads don't have standard IEC mains cables. Trying to remember. :-\

Oh, and I still have the 546, hgave managed to keep it in working order and still fire it up every so often. Not usually at this time of year, mind. My study in the loft gets quite hot enough without all those valves - 500 watts worth! Due to the mammouth tube it has a much brighter, clearer trace than any other analogue scope I have access to, and the large front panel means the controls are easier to locate IMHO.
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #48 on: 03 July 2015, 09:35:21 »
Kevin, stop making me feel old! In my early engineering days, those 'scopes were the first ones I had ever come across with dual timebases and they fascinated me, as a teenager, the way I could use the "A delayed by B" function to examine a small part of a complex waveform.
Nowadays such features are commonplace, of course, and with much less heat!
I have no idea how much it cost, but annual maintenance by Livingstone Laboratories (do you know them) used to take the 'scope, clean it in an ultrasonic bath, replace all of the valves, regardless, and calibrate it fully. The plug-in Y-Amplifiers were terrific, too - such high quality construction.
I do apologise to members for this piece of self-indulgent nostalgia.....

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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #49 on: 04 July 2015, 11:07:36 »
Didnt they use bulgin plugs. I think the latter ones had IEC conectors? Or perhaps the IEC was a owner retrofit? A lot of these are modified by previous owners.
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #50 on: 06 July 2015, 15:00:27 »
Quote from: D on 04 July 2015, 11:07:36
Didnt they use bulgin plugs.

I think you might be right. :y
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #51 on: 06 July 2015, 15:39:37 »
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #52 on: 07 July 2015, 21:58:52 »
Thanks Rods. But normal kettle plug type leads.
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #53 on: 07 July 2015, 22:02:18 »
Presumably a newer pair.
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #54 on: 07 July 2015, 22:39:51 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 07 July 2015, 22:02:18
Presumably a newer pair.
Or someone has modified them. Good news, because they are much easier to get hold of. Got a stack of them hanging up here... ::)
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #55 on: 07 July 2015, 22:54:12 »
Found one.

Do they take one lead each or are they wired in series...?
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #56 on: 07 July 2015, 23:49:49 »
One lead each into a mains socket.

They can take a while to charge the panels fully after powering up, so turn them on then grab a cuppa before starting to listen to them.

If they've been stored in cold or damp conditions, give them a day in the house before powering them too.
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #57 on: 07 July 2015, 23:53:59 »
Ooh. So I could fire one up? Banana jacks. Craplins? Just over the road from work.
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
« Reply #58 on: 07 July 2015, 23:54:44 »
There's a plug setting on the back in the pic. Presume that's correct at 240 volts?
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Re: Quad electro static speakers.
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