Quad 21L Floorstanding Speakers – Gloss Maple

Here we have in the gloss maple finish a pair of Quad’s highly rated 21L floorstanding loudspeakers. They are in good fully working condition with some slight discolouration noticable when the grilles are removed – please see photographs. They come in original factory packaging with grilles and our 3 month warranty.
Quad Say….
The 21L is a loudspeaker which is simple and elegant in design, yet remarkable in performance. As well as negating the need for stands, the 21L gives an extended bass response over the standmount versions, yet retains all the precision, detail and imaging capabilities of its smaller brethren.
The lustrous piano finish is applied to each speaker by hand over a period of seven days, each of which involves applying a coat of lacquer which must then dry at an ambient temperature before being cut and polished. The final coat is polished to a high gloss finish to produce one of the finest finishes seen on any loudspeaker in this class.
Underneath the classically British exterior beats an audiophile heart. The long-throw KEVLAR driver is manufactured from a self-damping resin impregnated fibre form of the material. This is then lattice woven to create the appropriate stiffness, strength and weight properties. The material is formed into a cone and mounted on a butyl rubber surround. A high efficiency, double hand-wound voice coil tracks the signal, with the high-gauss magnet assembly providing an impetus for movement. A strong, die-cast aluminium alloy chassis assembly is an essential part of the design, keeping everything taut and under control, even with large transients and extremes of power. A profiled phase plug provides additional cone axial rigidity and also improves off-axis performance.
The dual 25mm voice coil is wound on an aluminium alloy carrier or ‘bobbin’. This ‘wicks’ heat away from the central coil region to maintain peak performance and the optimum excursion of the long-throw driver. The coils are vented to reduce the effect of any pressure build-up in the central cone region.
Many years of experience have manifested themselves in the high-frequency driver. A compact yet powerful neodymium magnet keeps the tightest control on the diaphragm. Phase coherency is particularly important to ensure the bass integrates perfectly with the treble, and of course, to create a truly holographic stereo image – the hallmark of a classic Quad sound. This tweeter is so controlled; it measures typically less than 1% distortion from 103dB (equivalent to normally loud playback) output at a distance of 1 metre.
The tweeter fascia plate is engineered for a smooth frequency response and excellent dispersion. This is further aided from the flush mountings of this plate and the bass/mid unit into the cabinet front baffle. Both drive units are closely coupled to provide good integration.
Specifications:
Drivers: Bass: 170mm; Tweeter: 25 mm Tex
Recommended Amplifier Power (RMS): 30 – 200W
Nominal Impedance: 6 Ohms
Sensitivity: 88 dB (1 W @ 1 m)
Frequency Range: 35 Hz to 24 kHz @ -6 dB
HF Limit: 43 kHz
Crossover Frequency: 2.2 kHz
Dimensions: 795 (H) x 205 (W) x 263 (D) mm