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Re: New Quad ESL's

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:43 pm
by DaveF
Ciaran wrote:
DaveF wrote:I think the price is similar to the current models. Around 10K for the 2912 model and 8k for the other one.
You'll need 2 power chords though so thats another 1-2k extra if done properly.
Dave, you can do better than that. For the Nordost Odin Supreme Reference Power Cord it would be €30,000 for a pair, assuming you thought you could get away with the 2.5m length!
You're absolutely right Ciaran. Sorry for coming across as a cheapskate with my 1-2k cables

Re: New Quad ESL's

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:50 pm
by Ivor
DaveF wrote:
Ciaran wrote:
DaveF wrote:I think the price is similar to the current models. Around 10K for the 2912 model and 8k for the other one.
You'll need 2 power chords though so thats another 1-2k extra if done properly.
Dave, you can do better than that. For the Nordost Odin Supreme Reference Power Cord it would be €30,000 for a pair, assuming you thought you could get away with the 2.5m length!
You're absolutely right Ciaran. Sorry for coming across as a cheapskate with my 1-2k cables
Just for a bit of balance.... Andy Spencer made me a pair of 4 metre power cables for very sensible money. It was quite some time ago but I think they were less than €300 for the pair. Yes they did make a difference.

Re: New Quad ESL's

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:01 pm
by tony
What are they Ivor? Is it Andy's silver cables with ordinary plugs or specials? Did you ever try nordost cables on them?

Re: New Quad ESL's

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:15 pm
by Ivor
tony wrote:What are they Ivor? Is it Andy's silver cables with ordinary plugs or specials? Did you ever try nordost cables on them?
they were fairly standard cables (it is a while ago now, 6+ years). Andy always uses good quality plugs anyway.
I didn't try "big name" cables because the lengths I needed weren't readily available and anyway they would have been too dear for me. I'm open to the charms of cables - I can state categorically they've made improvements to my system - but there is a point of diminishing returns. If I was thinking of spending thousands on mains conditioning I'd start with the fuse board, the mains cable itself and the actual wall sockets.

Re: New Quad ESL's

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:18 pm
by tony
Ivor wrote:
tony wrote:What are they Ivor? Is it Andy's silver cables with ordinary plugs or specials? Did you ever try nordost cables on them?
they were fairly standard cables (it is a while ago now, 6+ years). Andy always uses good quality plugs anyway.
I didn't try "big name" cables because the lengths I needed weren't readily available and anyway they would have been too dear for me. I'm open to the charms of cables - I can state categorically they've made improvements to my system - but there is a point of diminishing returns. If I was thinking of spending thousands on mains conditioning I'd start with the fuse board, the mains cable itself and the actual wall sockets.
Sure for the heck of it I will stick the nordost blue heaven cables I have into the quads and see if something happens. For neatness I can see how you want to use a couple of long runs back to a socket