I remember, way back in 1988 purchasing a set of Quad ELS 63's - the electrostatic speaker of the day. I had to pay full retail for these and their Quad 303 Amplifier, it was impossible to get them for the discounts I had obtained on all my other new Hi-Fi equipment. The retailer delivered them and I spotted in his stationwagon some huge reels of fine multi stranded oxygen free speaker cable. "???" I said. "Oh I thought you may need some help in setting them up."
"Oh no I've bought all the bits and pieces I need." He looked in dismay at my plastic bag containing appropriate lengths of 3kW mains cable.
Said mains cable still connects my ELS 63's to their Quad 303 to this day, with a thinner one actually supplying them with mains. Wife continues to moan about the room it all takes up in the lounge and, together with a Quad overhaul a few years ago, they still sound Beautiful!
At the time I got so worried that my basic electrical principals (which I learned and used to get me a degree in electronics in the mid 60's) were adrift because of this rubbish about multistrand oxygen free cabling, that I telephoned Quad's service department. "Oh no," I was assured, "You are absolutely correct. When my colleague goes out on demonstrations he connects our finest loudspeakers up to our latest amplifier by using old electric lawnmower cable!" Anyway, I was also advised that in their service workshop, they have a notice on the wall which states: "Ohm's Law Rules Here."
P.P.
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