Quote Originally Posted by RGA
Is there a reason that a thread that ended in 2004 is being dug up? Joe I can afford almost any panel going past or present -- I disagree with your conclusion -- generally speking the ESL needs to be gigantic -- and few rooms can support them adequately. Which is one reason I have avoided them. Most of the smaller ones like Martin Logan realize the problem and have put conventional woofers in to try and compensate for the big problems that stats have in the bass and dynamics region. But in my listening ML has created more problems than they have solved and I would still prefer to listen to the Quads. The 989 is the smallest best panel I have heard. And a number of boxed speakers I have heard still do dynamics, bass drive and pressure better. Quads do the holographic imaging and some of the unrelated to music but "audiophile" stuff much better than most. The 989 is the only one I have heard that I think I could live with long term -- but it isn't my first choice.
Ok RGA better late than never, the king of kings dollar for dollar, very very hard to beat.

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