For years I was trying to avoid the beast, well I was a full out rocker you see! (not so much now as I am getting older) I mean what is so wonderful about flat speakers that doesn't have any drivers on show?!
Well I was wrong, I recently listen to a pair of Quad 2805 and my-oh my, they can do rock. The sound stage is quite amazing....front to back, side to side was full with music. The bass didn't go as low as my ART Emotion Signature (not many pair can) but always fast and tuneful. and then... "the voice"! Quad 2805's midrange frequencies is simply delicious, I found myself do the unusual thing like put Michael Blube CD on! (I am not a big fan btw) the song, Home, is one of his better recordings, particularly those with close miking, tends to be a very deep and rich presentation with loads of detail, the result is simply stunning! His voice comes across as incredibly natural without any hint of nasal like some flat panels pair I have heard in the past.
Play some AC/DC's black ice, and the Quad keep timing well enough to get my head nodding while guitar solo roar nicely with plenty of details of fingers movement on the fret board. Switch over to Metallica "Sad but True", the 2805 show a slight weakness for the first time! While it's not fair to compare the Quad to my reference ART, which cost twice as much, the ART simply can slam better. I am not saying that Quad sounded soft or lacking attack but a bit more bite would make it more of a musical event. but then again, I don't think Quad engineers were thinking about Industrial Metal when specsheet was made, after all the very first pair of Quad Electrostatic was born way before Black Sabbath invented metal riff! (Was it 1958 when the first pair of panel were introduced?)
So here we are, the Quad 2805 can do something very well and most things brilliantly. If your music collection is full with Jazz, progressive or Classical then they will really make you happy with details , soundstage and emotion that the very best pair can only match.
Well I was wrong, I recently listen to a pair of Quad 2805 and my-oh my, they can do rock. The sound stage is quite amazing....front to back, side to side was full with music. The bass didn't go as low as my ART Emotion Signature (not many pair can) but always fast and tuneful. and then... "the voice"! Quad 2805's midrange frequencies is simply delicious, I found myself do the unusual thing like put Michael Blube CD on! (I am not a big fan btw) the song, Home, is one of his better recordings, particularly those with close miking, tends to be a very deep and rich presentation with loads of detail, the result is simply stunning! His voice comes across as incredibly natural without any hint of nasal like some flat panels pair I have heard in the past.
Play some AC/DC's black ice, and the Quad keep timing well enough to get my head nodding while guitar solo roar nicely with plenty of details of fingers movement on the fret board. Switch over to Metallica "Sad but True", the 2805 show a slight weakness for the first time! While it's not fair to compare the Quad to my reference ART, which cost twice as much, the ART simply can slam better. I am not saying that Quad sounded soft or lacking attack but a bit more bite would make it more of a musical event. but then again, I don't think Quad engineers were thinking about Industrial Metal when specsheet was made, after all the very first pair of Quad Electrostatic was born way before Black Sabbath invented metal riff! (Was it 1958 when the first pair of panel were introduced?)
So here we are, the Quad 2805 can do something very well and most things brilliantly. If your music collection is full with Jazz, progressive or Classical then they will really make you happy with details , soundstage and emotion that the very best pair can only match.
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