Hi - Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself.  I came across this forum when I was googling ideas for a new turntable plinth for my next project.  Lots of great info and contributions here and look forward to reading and contributing myself.  A bit of a summary of my current system which is a mix of DIY and purchased :

Main system

Loudspeakers

ER Audio Acorns - great ESL speaker kits made right here in Perth, I installed in a combination of stainless steel frames and two pack enclosures
Bass supplemented by two Ripoles built in Birch Ply

Power Amps

The speakers are all active (analog active) so the mid and high ESL panels are fed from DIY Pass Aleph 4 mono blocks
The low and sub are fed from Hypex ncore amps built into the enclosures

Pre Amp

A Supratek Dual Cabernet (also built here in WA) - this has separate tube stages for the low signal and the mid/high signal so it is great for dialing in exactly the level of bass you want for your room/taste/etc

Sources

Vinyl
Luxman PD444 with a Dynavector DV505 arm and DL103 stylus modded by Expert Stylus in the UK.  Second arm is an AT1100 fitted with an AT MC cart
Phono Pre is a DIY Pass XONO

CD
Sony ESD337 (with the TDA1541A chip) - I put custom side cheeks on this in local Sheoak

DAC
Audial Aya with the TDA1541A chip (favourite chip!), using SOTM SMS200 network streaming and Roon/Tidal off a Mac Mini

Tape

Sony APR5003 Reel to Reel playing mostly jazz from Jonathan Horwich

Current Project

I have just had a Technics SP10 MK2 rebuilt and am currently looking for plinth ideas.  Given I have a Terminator Trans Fi tonearm and SME 3012 tonearm to install on this it looks like I have come to the right place!

Cheers all

Matt

Greetings mattb, welcome to this forum.

The ER ESL spkr kits are interesting.
Do I recall correctly that there was another Oz ESL kit available years ago?

Pics please!

DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com

Hi Matt, welcome. The classic Philips dac chip is my favourite commercial chip as well. PCM63 is another.

AMR-iFi R&D

Hi Matt,

Welcome along. I too have ESL and active subs (Quad 57 with a pair of REL205's). Have a similar CD to yours too the 338ESD, which I think is the year after yours ? A couple of nice vinyl rigs you have there too.

Hi Matt, cartridgeguyonline

Just re the CD player, I just missed out on a 338ESD when a local Sony shop closed Queen St Auckland early 90's or very late 80's, but got the remaining SONY CDP-308ESD for what would have been the same price. They share the same Dac & etc. 2 x PCM58P-1 - CXD1244
www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/the_complete_d_a_dac_converter_list/#S

It's still in my system, hasn't had a lot of use and seems fine.

Lampizator has a page on the 338ESD:
www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/REFERENCES/Sony338ESD/Sony%20CDP338ESD.html

The 337ESD from above link indeed had 2 x Philips TDA1541A - CXD1144

Thanks for the warm reception everyone!
Regards the ESL's, I'm not sure what other Australian kit manufacturers were/are around.  I have had my Acorns since 2012 and they have been rock solid.  Rob Mackinlay is the owner of ER Audio and I have certainly benefited being in the same city - he has been a wealth of knowledge on the speakers and also the right match for amps to drive them.  As they have separate panels for each frequency range, they are fantastic if you want to bi amp or tri amp giving a lot of flexibility with active crossover options, or can do as I did for the first five years and use high quality passive crossover components.  The Pass Aleph 4 circuit has also been fantastic for driving these speakers - I built mono amp versions (again with the help from Rob, built in 2012 as well), and weighing in at about 30 kg each they really pack a punch - I'm using these just on the mid and high of each channel but they easily drove the ESLs full range when I had the passive crossovers in place.  I've found the Ncore Hypex amps to be extremely good on the bass duties for the ESL panel, and also for driving the 2 x 12" Peerless drivers in each Ripole sub.  As the Subs are dipoles as well they match in really well with the ESL panels for speed, go very low but aren't boomy, and are running for frequencies up to 35Hz then cross out steeply.

A couple of photos of the system:

Kia ora Matt,
Great system, very desirable (and tidy) set-up 
(ESL fanboy here too - Sanders 10E)

Looking forward to your contributions/experience on our forum

"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]

mattb - what is the textured/contoured finish on the faceplate of those Aleph 4 power amps?

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Hi Owen
I wanted to try something a bit visually different than a standard project type enclosure so I got some reasonably thick aluminium plate and worked with a local CNC shop to come up with the wavy dimpled pattern, then powdercoated it afterwards. It has a small pinhole on either bottom left or bottom right for power on indication, and has tapped threads on the back surface to attach to the enclosure frame. I’m a bit of a fan of subtle power on lights so have these pin holes on the base front plates for the ESL speakers as well to indicate when the power supplies are switched on.
I also ended up using the same pattern approach of the Aleph 4 for a smaller set of Aleph J monoblocks I built, but on those ones finished in black powdercoat
Rgs
Matt

Great to see some other ESL users on the forum!

Welcome to the forum. Always interested in the diy projects. I have no ability in that direction and admire those who do.