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In Reply to: RE: one of the issues posted by unclestu on September 02, 2014 at 15:42:16
I always find Quad 57,s unlistenable due to their extreme beaming effect, I know others do not hear this problem. much Legacy gear is coloured & simply fondly nostalgic for many , todays High End is generally better but the prices are in many cases a total rip-off for folks with more dough than commonsense.
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Quad 57s UNLISTENABLE?? ??? ?????
OK. Whatever floats your boat-load.
Maybe you can't sit still?
Quad 57 Yes unlistenable for me, not others the extreme beamimg effect I can not tolerate.unfortunately I suffer from intermittant benign postural vertigo which is probably the reason.
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Yes very true, but for midrange purity,extremely few modern transducers can match the. Quad. Mark Levinson built custom stands in the 80s for the speaker to make it easier to adjust. He then came out with the HQD system: double stacked Quads with a Decca ribbon (also vintage) and a Hartley TL woofer (likewise vintage). It was a superb system which would its own even today.Of course YMMV
Oh Yeah, relatively unknown in the US but a Hong Kong Company, the Radio People, IIRC, used to build a double stacked Quad system and rearranged the panels for better dispersion. Never really heard them although I met a guy who had them (never invited me over to listen).
Actually considering the speaker was introduced in 1957, definitely in the mono era, it is quite a remarkable achievement. Also consider that electrostatics were invented before magnetic dynamic drivers (original was made of gold foil hammered on to very thin chamois, Alexander Graham Bell built it, IIRC). Consider that even mylar plastic shrink wrap was not commercially available till the early 60's (61?, I'm sure someone will correct me). The effort that Walker made in creating this speaker is rather remarkable given the material constraints of the time.
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I saw & heard stacked 57,s , the system never took off unacceptable appearance and too high price for most. I did use the ESL -63,s for some years with added tweeters could never get a sub to integrate properly and now much prefer slim TLS speakers, sub not required.
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You state the system "never took off"; Unacceptable appearance, and too high of price for most. How did the stacked quads sound?
........I was a vegetarian for 15 minutes... until the main course.
It was a long long time ago ,I can not really remember,sounds are seldom excellent in Hotel bedrooms, anyway I could not live with 57,s . I would not go back to any electrostatic or panel speaker. Its rather strange I obviously was not overwhelmed by the stacked Quads However I still remember from mono days , sound from the speaker that got me into Hi-Fi , the Voigt Corner Horn albeit coloured by today,s standards.
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