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These weren't quads but ML CLS panels (well, just the one actually, leaning against a chair, clip leaded up . How's that for even more unethical... To be honest, *I* didn't actually like the sound; found it a bit uninvolving, and muddled and distorted at levels where it would have started getting interesting.
Nonetheless, I think the stacked panels, cutting out the bass and treble, and dedicated amps will fix that...(!)... I hope.

Having said that, you asked what I liked about Quads. Well, as a teen, and before blowing it up, I used to have a single Quad ESL57 (no delay line), driven from an 80s piece of crap Kenwood amp I bought s/h for £40 at an auction.

Obviously you could never turn the quad(s) up loud enough but there was one particular vocal track I played (chick and her guitar) which would result in tears *every* time I played it. No other speaker I've heard since does that for me, at least, not on that tune. But that may just be because that was over a decade ago and I've since turned into a jaded and cynical bastard... Anyway, you asked what I liked about the sound, well, that's what.

A few years later,  I figured the stacked CLS panels, custom amp etc etc might give me more of the same quad magic whilst addressing the weaknesses, so that has been a *long* term project, the Vitavox/horns stuff is a more recent find.

Thanks for the sonata recommendations, will check out.

Cheers

cv

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