Box speakers that sound like Electrostats?

Has anyone found a monitor or full range speaker that compares to an electrostat?

dennis_the_menace09-14-2002 4:27am

joe_b Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 421 posts 01-07-2003 at 03:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for the info. I like the Spendors, but am only driving them with 20wpc (in a small rm). Bass is good but dynamics are little soft at lower volumes. Highs are "rolled", but again this is only a problem at low listening levels and is a blessing at other times. Will audition the Quads...if I can find a local dealer. Distribution on the Quads seems limited.
joe_b Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 421 posts 01-05-2003 at 04:04am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete How do the Quad 12L's compare to the Spendor S3/5?
joe_b Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 421 posts 01-07-2003 at 04:23am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Forgot to ask. Are the Quads rear-ported? If yes, they won't work in my room. There are many speakers that are more transparent and faster sounding than the Spendors, but there are few speakers than can reproduce the timbre of acoustic instruments or add a body to voices, when driven by cheap ss equipment like the Spendors. The Quads may do it, but they don't have many US dealers at the moment.