I have tried indeed to check the connection between the incoming wire to different locations of the alu-strip but this did not give any sound. (I disconnected the bas-section). I neither measured an 0-resistance.
So for the moment I accept the sound that I hear, which is - although not perfect - still acceptable, remembering that I originally heard nothing anymore!
A new set of the successor, the 1.7 costs here in Holland appr. 4000 Euro's, which is still an amount for a pensionado.
Apart from this I am also followed on my heals by the importer of Quad, who wants me to listen to an set of the ESL63, in combination with a Quad-amplifiers.
But this is of course, as we call it in Dutch, "vloeken in de kerk" : swearing in the
Maggie-church!
Fre.d