Quad Reference ESL-2805 loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Digital Sources: Ayre Acoustics C-5xe^MP & DX-5 universal players; Apple G4 Mac mini running OS10.5.8, iTunes 10, Pure Music 1.83; Shuttle PC with Lynx AES16 soundcard & dual-core AMD Athlon processor running Windows 7, Foobar 2000, Adobe Audition 3.0; dCS Debussy, Logitech Transporter, Mark Levinson No.30.6 D/A converters; Empirical Audio Off-Ramp4 USB-S/PDIF converter.
Preamplifiers: Classé CP-800, Ayre Acoustics K-5xe^MP.
Power Amplifiers: Classé CT-M600, Lamm M1.2 Reference, MBL Reference 9007 (all monoblocks).
Loudspeakers: BBC LS3/5a, Sonus Faber Amati Futura.
Cables: Digital: DH Labs Silver Sonic. AES/EBU: AudioQuest Coffee, Belkin Gold USB. FireWire: AudioQuest FireWire 400 (prototype). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild. Speaker: AudioQuest Wild. AC: XLO Reference 3, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1, APC S-15 AC line conditioners (computers, hard drive). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson

Comments

Very Engaging Review on a Legendary Speaker

Submitted by mrplankton2u on May 4, 2012 - 3:40pm.

Your review was an absolute pleasure to read - a lot of interesting details and insight into what has made this speaker so special for so many years. Thanks!

Peter Walker was...

Submitted by remlab on May 4, 2012 - 4:26pm.

AN EFFING GENIUS!

New Quads

Submitted by shakey on July 20, 2012 - 7:04am.

I recently read a post online that Quad introduced new speakers, the 2812 & 2912, at the last show in Munich. Would you know if the 2805's will be discontinued?

US Distributor

Submitted by camadeco on October 15, 2012 - 8:29am.

The US importer, Taiga LLC has closed shop. At this time, Liberty Trading, run by May Audios' Canadian counter-part is the sole NA importer. Also, prices have increased.