Best match electrostats for Jadis JA-30

Drop a line to Roger Sanders at www.Innersound.net and ask how he thinks his EROS would perform with them. He might not even try to sell you one of his amps, he is a very kind and helpful person. The Ja-30 is a bit underpowered for the Quad 63 unless you do not listen at high spl and are not in for big orchestral stuff. All the Sound Labs are rather power hungry in my experience, The smaller Martin Logans are hybrid jobs, which also would need more power, I feel. Of course, if you are not a fan of deep bass, the original Quad ESL and your Jadis would be a match made in heaven in my opinion, although they are more wide than tall in size, sort of like oversized old fashioned electric heaters. They don't play loud, but they have the best midrange rendering to this very day, they say! Haven't heard the Finial, so possibly that could be an option too, also the smaller (narrow and tall )Audiostatics from Holland. Cheers,

Rcprince is right, they are wonderful amps. Maggies and Apos are more power hungry than one might think. They need power to make them shine, ALSO the SMALLER Maggies! The highs on the Quads are better than one might think, though the sweet spot is perhaps small, if you talk the old ESLs. It depends on the speaker cables to some extent. Cheers,

Congratulations! I know, uncalled for advice is a pain in the xyz, however... try to place them about 1/3 into the room along its longer side and then play with toe in. If the room is narrow, don't be afraid to go near the side walls, planars can be placed much closer to them than cone speakers. Leave power on at all times and give them some time to break in. I'm sure you'll love them and if all goes well, they should give you at least 10 years of trouble free operation. Happy listening!

Oops and thanks Rcprince, in a bout of Alzheimer I thought it was Tweekerman's thread and he had bought the 988s. Its Tateb's of course. So my apologies and thanks Rcprince for making me set things right. Regards,

Tateb, the speaker wire, which you can buy through Roger Sanders (www.innersound.net) are very nice for Quads and they don't cost a packet. As for the tweaks you've mentioned, please take the Quads off the line current 24 hours or so before. (You could also shunt the transformers to ground, if you know the right points) They store power for a long time and touching them can be deadly. I've used two Solen caps at 100nf each for the mod and placed them outside the speaker, next to the binding posts, glueing them securely down, to prevent vibration. The resistor is a 1.5 ohm, which I soldered inside. The result was very nice, slightly more open midrange and a tad sweeter highs. The parts quality Quad uses is quite shocking, considering that the signal goes right through the cap and resistor, straight from the amp. Cheers,