Electrostatic Speakers
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Thanks Whart! Yes the LST was very power hungry. Best I ever heard them was with 4 Mark Levinson ML1 class A power amps strapped into two channels. Second best was two HK Citation 16 in mono. Stacked 3A speakers also were quite a thing! The Levinson amps pulled so much power I had to run the second pair off a different circuit breaker - and talk about heat!! Speaking of old dler drives... I wish I had kept some of the old stuff I gave away! That stuff goes for big $$ on eBay these days. I am sure you know all about that! |
@davidclarke- So, you have some direct history. The XA was my first 'real' turntable and the LST was a pretty serious speaker in the day-- pretty inefficient as I recall (and ML did his thing with those as well). I slung hi-fi in late high school, early college years. I remember people trading in big ol' idler drives, which are now back in fashion. Life is funny. Good luck with your speakers, and welcome to Audiogon, where anything is possible, but not probable. :) |
Whart - I worked for AR back in the days of the 3A and LST. Such a great company. We had a goal to solve all customer problems within 1 week. Most blown speakers were over driven by too small an amp. The amp and receiver were a different story. The output stage could be burned up way too easily. Remember the XA tuntable was $80.00 when new! Sold zillions of them with Sure M91ED or V-15 type III. The M91 retailed for $59.00 and the V-15 was $85.00! Here is a funny thing... Back around 1976 we would give someone $100.00 trade in for a Mcintosh MC240 tube amp. People wanted to get away from tubes and go for a solid state amp. |
@davidclarke-You might reach out to Kent McCollum at Electrostatic Solutions in the midwest. I know he restores the original Quad and the ’63. He restored my originals that I purchased in 1973, added a protection circuit, and more modern, standard connectors for power and signal input. They sound great! You have certainly covered some ground in terms of great historical speakers. The first high end dealer I knew of as a youngster in Pittsburgh, Opus One, had used double KLH 9s back in the day. As to claims and redress, you’ll have to explore your options. Sometimes state laws aimed at consumer protection allow for recovery of treble damages and attorney’s fees. Easy enough to look at the state law in question and do a search of relevant consumer protection laws. You’ll likely have to hire a lawyer in that jurisdiction (unless you want to sue them in your home state and risk that they won’t appear). It will come down to a cost/benefit analysis for you-- unless you are simply vindicating principle, which is noble, but a rich man’s game. (I was a NYC lawyer for 36 years, now retired, who specialized in copyright matters; no legal advice intended here). Good luck. |
davidclarke
Am I within my reasonable rights to sue these guys?Is your dealer willing to intervene on your behalf? Are the speakers under warranty? |
