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  • We bring the HiFi to your home and install it for you
  • If you have a trade in, we can collect this from you
  • If you no longer have the boxes, we can wrap it for you
  • If you want to finance the balance, we can defer payments over a year

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Quad Audio and Hifi At Fanthorpes

Quad Electronics were founded by Peter Walker in 1936. Quad have had an enviable reputation for producing quality hifi equipment, with many of their products becoming design classics within the...

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Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers

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On this product, we can offer you

  • We can offer you a UK nationawide personalised delivery service
  • We bring the HiFi to your home and install it for you
  • If you have a trade in, we can collect this from you
  • If you no longer have the boxes, we can wrap it for you
  • If you want to finance the balance, we can defer payments over a year

Personalised Collection of Trade-In Items

Personalised Home Installation

Quad Audio and Hifi At Fanthorpes

Quad Electronics were founded by Peter Walker in 1936. Quad have had an enviable reputation for producing quality hifi equipment, with many of their products becoming design classics within the...

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Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers

The Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers are available for demonstration in our Hull store by request.

Quad ESL-2812 electrostatic loudspeakers are an update on the ESL-2805. The ESL-2812 are the latest in a long line of speakers that Quad are possibly best known for, back to the original ESL-57 that made its debut back in 1956.

Improvements over the outgoing model include an upgraded power supply along with a new acoustically transparent grille. We're pleased to say the ESL-2812 improve on the outgoing model where it really matters though, sounding even better and creating their trademark holographic soundstaging beautifully. In addition, they also stand slightly taller, narrower and less deep, making them easier to accomodate, and feature additional wood finishing on the top and sides of the bases.

Quad's patented panel technology results in a combination of the speed and accuracy only possible from an electrostatic loudspeaker; together with the imaging and sound-staging only possible from a theoretically ideal point source; and the coherence and continuity of a single drive unit. With possibly the lowest distortion of any loudspeaker, the ESL can be enjoyed for hours on end without fatigue; never adding or subtracting from the original recording. Even at low volume levels, they retain the full detail and drama of the music.

Part Exchange Available

As you would expect from Fanthorpes hifi, we offer a generous part exchange against the Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers. If you have any hifi that you wish to use as part payment then either call us on 01482 223096 or email us at shop@fanthorpes.co.uk, and we will give you a price to change. This is a fantastic and hassle-free way of making the Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers more affordable.

Finance Available

Fanthorpes hifi can also offer buy now pay later on the Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year. If you are interested in taking advantage of our payment terms, email shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call us on 01482 223096, and we will email an application form to you.

Quad ESL-2812 Electrostatic Speakers Specification:

  • Frequency Response: 37Hz - 21kHz (-6dB), 33Hz - 23kHz (useable)
  • Distortion (100dB @ 1m):
    • Above 1000Hz <0.15%
    • Above 100Hz <0.5%
    • Above 50Hz <1.0%
  • Sensitivity: 1.5 mbar Per Volt Referred To 1m (86dB/2.83V rms Equivalent)
  • Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
  • Impedance Variation: 4 - 15 Ohms
  • Type: Multiple electrostatic drive membranes
  • Maximum Output: 2 N/m2 at 2m On Axis
  • Time Delay: Progressive Concentric Rings
  • Panel Elements: 4
  • Chassis Structure: Heavy Duty Composite Aluminium / Steel
  • Directivity Index: See Polar Diagrams
  • Maximum Input: Continuous Input Voltage (rms): 10V
  • Programme Peak For Undistorted Output: 40V
  • Permitted Peak Input: 55V
  • Power Consumption: 6W
  • AC Input: 220 - 240V, 110 -120V, 100V
  • Power Fuse: 63mA anti-surge, 200 -240V, 100mA anti-surge, 100 - 120V
  • Dimensions (H x W x D): 1070 x 690 x 380 (mm)
  • Net Weight: 35kg