Recent content by Big Dog RJ

The AG Trio Classico, this is the one he had. Damn, this thing is one of those speaker systems that effortlessly transports you to the live event. Or should I say, transports the live event into your room, provided you've got a huge room. These things require massive space, and with the right...

One more thing worth mentioning, at the time we were in touch with Holger Fron and Mathais. They were the founders of AG Acoustics and their customer service was tops! We discussed various design factors and room options over the phone, and my mate even visited them in Frankfurt. That's where he...

Good stuff! Now sit back and enjoy those finest tunes! Woof! RJ

This was going quite a while back, if I recall correctly; the AG's were actually the Trio Classico not the Omega's as I had thought. The Trio Classico has that curved bar, where the horn tweeter can be adjusted by slope along this curve. Quite a tifty design concept but not found in the Trio's...

Yep, that's correct. Our good Robbo mate has a fairly small room that he refers to as his den. He's somehow managed to get the CLX's to work, where they perform well into the areas of: inner detail, top notch imaging with that full 3D holographic effect they're known for and of course adding...

Nice one mate, well done on the AG's. They're really well designed, one of those German engineering projects at its finest. The AG's are amongst my favourite of all horn type speakers, leaving aside Acapela, Cessero, which cost a fortune, and Klipsch. The AG Duo XD's were on my short list of...

Roger that captain! Use the Gaia II's on my CLX's with very positive results. Areas of improvement: 1. Solid footing / placement, far less swing effect of panels. 2. Being more solid, resulted in better inner detail, far more definition in soundstage. 3. The imaging and focus aspects improved...

G'day mate, KT88's aren't hard to find, and there are several makes. Genalex Gold Lion, Tung Sol, SED (Svetlana Electron Devices), EH, Ei, WE, GE, a few German makes, some Chinese makes from PSvane and a host of others. They all have a different flavour, so it's like asking someone what cake...

Woof!

Sadly they're not more affordable, not at all! The entire brand, make, design and rights were bought over by IAG Group and they shifted all manufacturing to China. Every single Quad speaker made now, comes out of this Chinese factory with their local parts sourced. Nothing comes from England...

Yes, that's correct. When Quad first described their structure and dispersion pattern, I couldn't quite understand it until my Quad techie actually opened it up and showed me every inch of detail between the original UK version vs the Chinese version. The original Quads have what are called...

The Chords! Outstanding amplifiers! They certainly don't get much attention or the recognition they deserve. The first time I heard these many years ago, they were driving the Acoustats full range. Those Acoustats are big stats! They were nearly touching the ceiling at the owner's place, and at...

I just noticed, even now! On their website showing the new Quad ESL's 2812 and 2912's, which aren't really new... they show a brief pic of that mains tranny. It's clearly labelled Quad Acoustics! This maties is deceptive advertising! That bloody mains tranny is a Chinese make, I've just posted...

I will say this though, out of respect for Peter Walker, whom I had the pleasure of meeting whiles I was a student in the UK; once I had the money to actually buy Quads and use the best tube amps I could afford, that was my favourite system of all time! Quad ESL63's placed on top of Gradient...

Oh boy, maaate... do I get excited when I see this type of question. I've posted numerous aspects on three different forums having owned several iterations of these ESL's. So just to reiterate, in fact, I've posted all about Quads somewhere here, can't find it though. *Note" when you buy Quad...