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,

Two other options to consider would be the Martin Logan CLS II. Again, not much in the way of deep bass--they are a pure electrostatic design. The only downside, is the foot print is not very small. Another option, and this would be where I would head, would be bi-amping a pair of martin logans (perhaps the re-quest). The bass can be handled with a relatively inexpensive class B operating amp, but your tubes on top would sound fantastic. This would give you the bass, dynamics, and pretty much everything for a great 2 channel listening and still be very very respectible for home theater--still not as dynamic as your B&W--but I don't think any electrostatic will be.

I recently reread an old Stereophile where Dick Olsher reviewed the JA-30s and felt they were made for the Quads, particularly if you don't need to listen at high spls. I'd give them a try if this matches your listening tastes.

Here's a good link with more links: http://www.amasci.com/esloud/eslhwto.html

Tubes are really only best with electrostats once the transformers are removed. I.e. no impedence matching transformer on the panels and no transformer on the tube amp. This does mean the amp has to be optimized for the panels. But that's the best and most cost effective way to do it. I wouldn't rip up your JA-30, but for aftermarket amps with aftermarket speakers its alot tougher to get it great. I think the old acoustats were designed like that.