Putting Curtains in the Man-Cave

The Journey We both had things to do in the morning - so we met back at the house and left for Buffalo with our plan:  at most 1 hour at the Speaker demo, and then save 1-2 hours for the art museum and then back home.  It was a perfect plan that would have us back home in time for dinner. The Quad 2805 speakers at The Speaker Shop in Buffalo, NY Okay, that paragraph above there was far too much of a setup.  We ended up spending about 2 1/2 hours at the speaker demo, and took a rain check for the museum. We impose a limited curfew for any excursion away from home these days due to an elderly Poodle (see picture of him a few years ago).  The speakers were that surprisingly good. Our 4 hour leash This is our first review based upon "initial impressions" -- there is a reason that professional reviewers try to live with components for weeks and sometimes months - all we can give is initial impressions based upon 2 hours with them, and can't tell...

In an earlier post, I went on and on and on (and on)  about the tremendous crush I have on the Quad ESL.  I droned on about the history of this hard-to-live-with but highly regarded speaker.  I even went so far as outlining all of its faults and foibles, and how I was able to look past them in my mental fantasy of them and still like the idea of the speaker. Quad c1960 ... note the lack of man-cave And I realized like a stormy relationship, it might never work.  And it might never be compatible with our idea that every family member should be part of the fun given it's narrow "sweet spot*" and fragility. I would love to take a test drive someday of the originals, but I think in my heart of hearts, the later version would be the easier one to live with ... *The so-called sweet spot is the small place, usually making an equilateral triangle with the speakers where you get the best sounding tonal balance and stereo effects.  In some speakers it is large, ...