Comments on Quad ESL 988?


Just wonder what peoples' experience has been. I owned a pair of 989s for about 2 years. Now I'm thinking of trying the 988, which some people say is more musical, more like a perfected ESL 63, which I loved. The 989, despite startling transparency and detail, seemed to be lacking the "sweetness" well known to Quad lovers since the beginning.

Thanks,
Jeffrey
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You should probably ask Detlof for a full account. My spontaneous impressions were iffy: the 988's had the voicing of the 989 without the extension and, vs. the 63, the reproduced spectrum was a bit lower -- a bit pronounced in the mid-bass if you will.

However, this was not @ home & the set-up was less than ideal: speakers were driven by the (new) Quad tubes & the quad cdp. In THIS set-up, I preferred the 989 and a pair of 63. Last, I listened to classical and one Grusin cd... hardly an extensive audition.