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I have a pair of Quad ESL 57's with Quad II mono amps. They have been
in storage for a few years, in need of a rebuild. I jumped into it
last week, replacing the dust covers and rewiring the 6 electrostatic
panels. (see photo). I sent the amps to an expert repairman.

Yesterday, I let the speakers charge up for about 12 hours then fired
up the amps. They sounded completely amazing last night for about 7
minutes. The left side started to fade into distortion followed by the
right side a minute later. (Oh shit!)

I wired up another pair of speakers. Both amps are distorting so the
work done on the ESL's isn't the problem. (Big sigh of relief).

The amps will be back at the Spa for another rejuvenating massage
tomorrow.

Clay