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How many Quad IIs ??
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recently had two Quad II amps in for repairs and partial refurbishing -
new filter caps, cathode resistors etc.
One of them carried a serial number of over 153,000.
How many did Acoustical finally make before they changed to the 303 ?
BTW
I own number 8734 - originally made as a 100 - 130 volt model.
....... Phil
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Its on Quad web site somewhere
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Well according to the Model by Model details as listed in "Quad - The Closest Approach" by Ken Kessler, they sold 90,000 of them
between 1953 and 1970. As K.K. had access to Quad archives etc. during his research for the book, I would expect the figure of
90000 to be the "official" number.
I'd be very suspicious of one with a S/N of 153000+ .
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** Why ?
I personally owned the Quad " ESL 57" carrying s/n 246.
Seems to me that Quad did not play about with s/ns like so many other makers
did.
BTW:
If I can persuade the extraordinarily tall, NZ born young lady who owns the
particular Quad II with s/n 153,xxx to let me take a pic of the name plate
and post it on ABSE - I definitely shall.
....... Phil
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E-mail Rob Flain @ Quad Service - (e-mail address on their web site) he'll confirm one way or the other.
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