Naim amplification with quad ESL

My audition of this combo was too long ago to be useful, but there is one well established dealer in Chicago that highly recommends Naim with Quad.

I used to be a Naim owner in the 1970’s & 80’s, (22 – 120, 12 – 160, 32.5 – Hi-Cap – 250) I know that Naim said not to use with Electrostatic Speakers.

I tried one of the small Naim Pre / Power combinations on a pair of Electrostatics in the 1990’s (not Quad’s), the Power Amp closed down in less than one minute)

I do not know when, or if this changed. I would not try unless I contacted the Naim Factory with Serial numbers for their opinion.

Strange really because Naim were trying to manufacture a full range Electrostatic Speaker, I heard a prototype, very, very impressive.

I have used different combinations of Naim amps with my Quad ESL 57's with no problems at all. I used a 110 power amp at first and then a new 250.2 power amp. The 250 and the original Naim NAIT are two of the most highly recommended solid state amps to use with Quads ESL's.