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Originally Posted by Outcast
Thanks John,
I'll take a look at those BR1's... my current speakers rate at 92db sensitivity (allegedly) so, we'll see how well the new amp drives them first....
Googled the Quad 57's... my god.. they'd take up half my spare room..  They certainly look a little different... I've never listened to Electrostats... must remedy that one day...
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Originally Posted by JA
Definitely try and have a listen one day, they are remarkable, especially The Quad ESL which reveals an incredible amount of inner detail in the music with no boxy loudspeaker colouration. They have their limitations of Sound Pressure Level and extreme low bass, but these can be overcome by stacking 2 or more pairs for greater output and bass as well as adding a good subwoofer with an electronic crossover to high pass the Quads from anywhere in the 40-80Hz, to suit your taste.
I have a Double stacked set currently in storage until the day I finally finish our renovations and listening room that I will modify further into a modern monolith type look. The QUAD ESL was sometimes custom-stacked by it's owners, except for one uber expensive commercial version in the 1970s: The Mark Levinson HQD. Here are some pics of various stacked QUADS for interest.....
https://mniec.wordpress.com/2013/02/...akers-gallery/
The look is very 1970s or earlier, but the sound is .... I'll quote the "Audio Critic Magazine": "With the two panels six to seven feet apart (centre to centre) and angled slightly inward, and with a single auditioner sitting perfectly centred about six to eight feet back from the speakers, NOTHING - repeat, NOTHING! we know of equals the transparency and definition of the Quads. NOTHING. The speakers seem to disappear; only the music is left. All other speakers are slightly coloured by comparison...." Best
JA
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Guys, I had a pair of Quad 57s for 40 years. When I moved into a retirement unit, I had no room for them, so reluctantly I had to part with them. It was like getting a divorce, with about the same degree of trauma.
I then moved onto the Wyndham Audio BR1s and while they are not the 57s, they are perhaps the next best thing and made right here in Oz.....as good and anything made overseas and often even better at the same price point.
I still miss the 57s...there's just nothing that compares to them and considering they were designed in the mid 1950s, that is really saying something. Peter Walker (the designer) was an audio genius and his creations are now the stuff of legends. Oh how I miss my 57s. Cheers.