I recently bought a pair of Quad ESL 57, Wayne Piquet modified. They are simply amazing. I am currently using my McIntosh MA2275, and it does a good job overall. However, I wonder whether the new Quad II-Forty might a better choice. Any idea?
I've tried a number of different amplifiers and find that vintage English tubes is what they prefer. I'm currently using a Radford STA-15 that sounds wonderful.
Leak Stereo 20 works as well but you will need to pot down the input.
The Quad II Classic (re-issue) or the original Quad II are much better amps than the Quad II Forty. I have the first and with NOS EF 86s (Amperex or Mullard) and a NOS rectifier (a Mullard GZ34 or even better a GZ32) they are very impressive.
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