QUAD ESL57 - playing Ipod

QUAD ESL 57's playing a Ipod input through QUAD 33 and QUAD II amps.

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Music

Tags:

• QUAD
• ESL57
• Electrostatic
• speakers

[boeingrep]

I agree. My 63's, although reconditioned by One Audio, do not possess the clarity of presence of my 47's. I wish now I had never sold them :-(

[boeingrep]

I agree. My 63's, although reconditioned by One Audio, do not possess the clarity of prescence of my 47's. I wish now I had never sold them :-(

[boeingrep]

I replaced my ESL 57's with a pair of 63's and now I am unsure as to which are the better pair??????

[AmbitiousAlcoholics]

Nice nice not bad at all.

[M0nk3m4n]

Did a little research, and those are the weirdest looking speakers I've ever seen.

They sound good...but I can't really tell for sure considering camera mic/my speakers/ect...

[chairuser4]

What a beauty of a set up,amazing.Quality rules.

[Radfordperson]

Surely there is not enough output from the Quad 33 to drive the Quad 22's. This was the reason years ago that I purchased a Quad 44.

[sweetsweatyfeet]

A very nice job of displaying your Quad gear. The styling is timeless.

[kaferere]

Lovely set-up you have. I grew up with the 303 and pre-amp but we had Tannoy spkrs. I would love to own a pair of ES's. Thanks for posting.

[hinkstapspring]

I agree too. The esl-57 is better on clarity. They diappear more easily from the soundstage. But esl-63 have a wider bandwith. Amazing how Peter Walker made these speakers in the 50's and still hold their ground in an age of very clean music sources like cd and sacd etc.

[estg0112]

@boeingrep

I have lived with the esl63s since '91. Overall they are better than the '57s and with the Gradient subwoofers I use with them they come exceedingly close to the '57 sound. But to paraphase a reviewer, "nothing, I repeat, NOTHING equals the transparency of a pair of '57s in goodf repair"