Fran kindly dropped over a set of his Quad stands when he was in town a few weeks back (I've been procrastinating about picking them up for a while now...) - I've fitted them and the 57s are again taking pride of place in my listening room.
I really love the clean lines and looks of these stands - great work by Fran!
The 57s replace 63s that I have been using for the last 12 months or so - I think I prefer the 57s, but it is too soon to tell - need to listen for a month or so and then try swapping back again.
Photos below;
I used some brown rubber stick on draught exluder between the stand and original grill on this side - it looks better to me, and grips the grill better (I never refitted the staples when I rebuilt the EHT units) - I must go back and do the other side now. I also spent some time getting the routing to perfectly match the curve at the top of the grill - it isn't visible, so not sure why I bothered, but I feel better for having done it!;
You can see the single additional screw into the original frame to give more strength to the structure - the side cheek screws do not go that far into the wood (nor would you want them to...too far and you'll damage the panels). I took it even further on the other speaker, adding another screw at the top too (picture further below);
I put an additional screw at the top to this one (you can just see it to the right of the top brass side-cheek screw - too much sun, sorry!), and will go back and do the other side too soon;
This is the side without the draught excluder, and without the additional routing to match top of OE grill;
Richard
