Think that is good that SQ is going to be like McIntosh-supurb hi fi equipment and SQ supurb laundry equipment.The nearest MC dealer to me is Raleigh.The nearest SQ dealer is Charlette,NC.Just wish both could be at a place in Greenville,NC-close to home.Big cities are now making me nervous.Just don't like them anymore-spenet over 20Yrs in Wash DC area-there were several McIntosh dealers there-and I would have to suppose like McIntosh- SQ is going to appeal to the upscale customers?I have some MC-60 monoblock amps-they need new filter caps-having a hard time finding some replacements-suppliers don't carry the 525VDC caps they need.I have enough MC-60 for most of my sorround system.
New Speed Queen washers and dryers!
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Excellent appliances. If I wanted wanted a new machine nowadays it would be a SQ without question.
Also, for those of us here in the northeast, don't forget that John Lefever is an authorized SQ dealer. Worth a ride over to Maryland to get what you want.
Also, for those of us here in the northeast, don't forget that John Lefever is an authorized SQ dealer. Worth a ride over to Maryland to get what you want.
mrb627
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Knob Inserts
It appears that the Imperial Machines come with knob inserts so you can change the knob colors whenever you like. Very cool! Now, we just need them to add BOOSTED HOT to the Imperial Model and we have something....
MRB
It appears that the Imperial Machines come with knob inserts so you can change the knob colors whenever you like. Very cool! Now, we just need them to add BOOSTED HOT to the Imperial Model and we have something....
MRB
All the new SQ models have the colored knob inserts!
real SS baffles ....built like a tank !
Today there are very few brands that have full stainless steel cylinders. I'd never dare to wash sport shoes in a plastic baffle drum
Anyway ... wish there were SQ dishwashers too, they would be like modern real KitchenAid!
Wonder why they don't use a LCD screen like Wascomats and commercial Mieles have
This way these producers save money by producing just one kind of fascia. They just upload different cycles on models for different purposes (laundry/wetcleaning, coin-op, fire dep, dairy, hospitals, hi tech industries, horse stables, texile factories ...)
So they don't need several fascias with different prints
Today there are very few brands that have full stainless steel cylinders. I'd never dare to wash sport shoes in a plastic baffle drum
Anyway ... wish there were SQ dishwashers too, they would be like modern real KitchenAid!
Wonder why they don't use a LCD screen like Wascomats and commercial Mieles have
This way these producers save money by producing just one kind of fascia. They just upload different cycles on models for different purposes (laundry/wetcleaning, coin-op, fire dep, dairy, hospitals, hi tech industries, horse stables, texile factories ...)
So they don't need several fascias with different prints
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These are beautiful !!!! Only question is they are saying the machine uses 13.9 gallons of water , Is this enough water to do a good cleaning job? (Imperial)
whirlcool
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Maybe there is a way to "tweak" the water level as you can with the Frigemore machines? One of us will have to get a set to find out!
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Excuse me, but with that price tag of nearly 2000$, at 1550€ euros they're as expensive than the averange, already not cheap Miele or fashion SMEG washing machine, what do they have to be so special? I hope those are built like tanks! 
Is Speed Queen the premium American brand?
Is Speed Queen the premium American brand?
queeny77
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speed queen is an expensive washer because they specialize in only laundry machines.also if the front loaders are like the older ones they dont have a tilted tub so you can really see the water splashing around.
The water level in F/L machines is pre-set for a reason! Tweaking it to add more water will certainly cause it to wash better, but may also destroy the tub bearing in the process.
We all love to play with our toys, but beware-----sometimes our little "experiments" come at a large price!
I don't remember the SQ name as equating to a "premium" product in the past, however, it would appear that is their goal today. When I mention SQ to old timers they instantly recognize the name and seem to associate it with "longevity".
Of course, if you are from Wisconsin, you would likely have a different mind-set.
In any event, I LOVE my old solid-tub SQ's. One of them is running as I type this. And if I were to buy a new machine, it would be a SQ.
We all love to play with our toys, but beware-----sometimes our little "experiments" come at a large price!
I don't remember the SQ name as equating to a "premium" product in the past, however, it would appear that is their goal today. When I mention SQ to old timers they instantly recognize the name and seem to associate it with "longevity".
Of course, if you are from Wisconsin, you would likely have a different mind-set.
In any event, I LOVE my old solid-tub SQ's. One of them is running as I type this. And if I were to buy a new machine, it would be a SQ.
launderess
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SQ Washing Machines
May not have the cachet of a premium European brand such as Miele, but they are built like tanks, even compared to recent offerings by the former.
Building a front loading washing machine that will do the job, and last more than a few years is not inexpensive. Just look at prices for commercial and or laundromat machines.
Build wise there are few front loaders left sold in the US that still have stainless steel inner AND outer wash baskets, much less metal paddles intergrated into the wash tub. Oh, don't even ask about the bearings and out tub assemblies. Even Miele has moved on to fiberglass outer tubs, while most everyone else uses plastic.
May not have the cachet of a premium European brand such as Miele, but they are built like tanks, even compared to recent offerings by the former.
Building a front loading washing machine that will do the job, and last more than a few years is not inexpensive. Just look at prices for commercial and or laundromat machines.
Build wise there are few front loaders left sold in the US that still have stainless steel inner AND outer wash baskets, much less metal paddles intergrated into the wash tub. Oh, don't even ask about the bearings and out tub assemblies. Even Miele has moved on to fiberglass outer tubs, while most everyone else uses plastic.
low levels are "saved $$" for laundry managers
Hi Steve,
what you wrote about low levels and bearing is indeed true about "new millennium" average household fronloaders. Not only the "el cheapo" ones .... but sadly expensive brands as Bosch/Siemens nowadays are into this trend. Bearings are "melted" into the outer tub and can't be replaced.
This is not the case of modern heavy duty machines or vintage household ones. Not only Mieles, but even ASKO, Zanussi, AEGs, Constructas, Bosches... Philco/Bendix household machines were so sturdy that were used even as small commercial ones
Those machines lasted for ages, despite they rinsed full loads of towels up to five times each wash with a half door high level. They hadn't modern inbalance controls, yet survived lots of OOB spins ... but they costed much more than recent 200--->500 € machines. Launderess just wrote it
So I think : from our point of view we hate low levels ... but from a laundry plant or coin-op manager one low levels are a great feature to save on water/power bills . They even use some acids (peracetic)as rinse enhancers, to neutralize alcalins .
I' ve touched just once a SQ, but can say they much stronger than Duets or Nexxt
Hi Steve,
what you wrote about low levels and bearing is indeed true about "new millennium" average household fronloaders. Not only the "el cheapo" ones .... but sadly expensive brands as Bosch/Siemens nowadays are into this trend. Bearings are "melted" into the outer tub and can't be replaced.
This is not the case of modern heavy duty machines or vintage household ones. Not only Mieles, but even ASKO, Zanussi, AEGs, Constructas, Bosches... Philco/Bendix household machines were so sturdy that were used even as small commercial ones
Those machines lasted for ages, despite they rinsed full loads of towels up to five times each wash with a half door high level. They hadn't modern inbalance controls, yet survived lots of OOB spins ... but they costed much more than recent 200--->500 € machines. Launderess just wrote it
So I think : from our point of view we hate low levels ... but from a laundry plant or coin-op manager one low levels are a great feature to save on water/power bills . They even use some acids (peracetic)as rinse enhancers, to neutralize alcalins .
I' ve touched just once a SQ, but can say they much stronger than Duets or Nexxt
Mmmmm--the Bendix engineers designed a superior product around a set of superior specifications. Vintage or not, I don't believe it a good idea to venture beyond the design limits originally designed into the machine. To do so may be fun, but it also brings with it risks.
I wouldn't think twice about tweaking up the water level of a top loading Whirly/'Kenmo, GE/Hotpernt, or a 'tag.
I wouldn't think twice about tweaking up the water level of a top loading Whirly/'Kenmo, GE/Hotpernt, or a 'tag.
bobbyderegis
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The SQ's are just fantastic. They are the only new machines I can look at without wanting to puke. Have they discontinued the top loaders? I wonder what they will do now that the new energy restrictions are coming due?
Bobby in Boston
Bobby in Boston
Speed Queen!
While I like these machines they are very over priced. I also feel for the money you should be able to get a unit with a adjustable wash time selector. But instead it's just a 24 minute wash. The only option is a extra rinse. Don't get me wrong I don't like to much fluff on these machines, but a prewash and a adjustable wash time option would make these machines perfecto.
just my 2cents
Peter
While I like these machines they are very over priced. I also feel for the money you should be able to get a unit with a adjustable wash time selector. But instead it's just a 24 minute wash. The only option is a extra rinse. Don't get me wrong I don't like to much fluff on these machines, but a prewash and a adjustable wash time option would make these machines perfecto.
just my 2cents
Peter
mysteryclock
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Well they...
... don't call them "Speed Queen"s for nothing, do they?
Seriously, though, at 45 minutes for a full "normal" wash cycle, you could run really nasty stuff through *twice* and it would still be faster than many high(er)-tech FLs like, for instance my Bosch Nexxt is on "Heavy Duty".
That, plus these are true horizontal axis machines unlike nearly all of the machines available in the US.
... don't call them "Speed Queen"s for nothing, do they?
Seriously, though, at 45 minutes for a full "normal" wash cycle, you could run really nasty stuff through *twice* and it would still be faster than many high(er)-tech FLs like, for instance my Bosch Nexxt is on "Heavy Duty".
That, plus these are true horizontal axis machines unlike nearly all of the machines available in the US.
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Thanks -- glad to be here!!
True horizontal axis refers to the tilt, or lack thereof, of the wash drum itself. Most US FLs are tilted a little (Bosch / Miele / Elux, 5-10 degrees-ish) to a lot (old Maytag Neptune at 15 degrees). While that means you can get a slightly larger drum in the same size box and can (sometimes) open the wash door after the cycle has started, it also forces most of the water and clothes to the back of the drum, so with big loads the contact area is uneven, at best.
Horizontal axis machines have zero tilt so there's a flat plane of water + soap at the bottom of the drum, so everything has the same contact with the water. The tiny, expen$ive EU Miele 220v machines are that way, as are the US Speed Queens. I think some of the smaller Whirlpools and maybe the Frigidare Gallery are too, but I'm not sure.
The link below (p2) gives a graphic of what I'm talking about.
http://www.speedqueen.com/sq_con_adv_pdf/ar07-502.pdf
True horizontal axis refers to the tilt, or lack thereof, of the wash drum itself. Most US FLs are tilted a little (Bosch / Miele / Elux, 5-10 degrees-ish) to a lot (old Maytag Neptune at 15 degrees). While that means you can get a slightly larger drum in the same size box and can (sometimes) open the wash door after the cycle has started, it also forces most of the water and clothes to the back of the drum, so with big loads the contact area is uneven, at best.
Horizontal axis machines have zero tilt so there's a flat plane of water + soap at the bottom of the drum, so everything has the same contact with the water. The tiny, expen$ive EU Miele 220v machines are that way, as are the US Speed Queens. I think some of the smaller Whirlpools and maybe the Frigidare Gallery are too, but I'm not sure.
The link below (p2) gives a graphic of what I'm talking about.
http://www.speedqueen.com/sq_con_adv_pdf/ar07-502.pdf
mysteryclock's link
Wow, that really diminishes my respect for Speed Queen, or at least their marketing department. In a tilted-tub machine, only the clothes in the back are being actively washed??? Come on, the entire load is soaked, hopefully, so it's all exposed to detergent etc., and it's all being dropped and flexed.
Wow, that really diminishes my respect for Speed Queen, or at least their marketing department. In a tilted-tub machine, only the clothes in the back are being actively washed??? Come on, the entire load is soaked, hopefully, so it's all exposed to detergent etc., and it's all being dropped and flexed.
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