Electrostat - M-L; Quad or Soundlab - reliable


Looking for the best electrostat that is reliable. Seems as Soundlab sounds the best performed, but is the most unreliable; Quad is second best performer - very safe - easiest to resell but also unreliable. M-L third, but maybe the most reliable.

Is the reliability issue due to people playing "Pink Floyd at 100 dB" or is reliability also an issue for us 80 to 85 dB people?
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I've owned every former model ML produced: Aerius I's, SL3's, Requests, Monolith III's, and now Vista's, and I've yet to experience a single reliability over close to 20 years of use. I'm perplexed by the "reliability issue" posed by the author.
Ckoffend, nice analogy, and true. The short answer, don't be lazy...vacuum your speakers and cut down on maintenance by keeping them unplugged and covered from airborne particles when not in use. That's how I treat my CLSiiz's.