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In Reply to: RE: PK Rebuilt ESL-57 in the house posted by Norman M on April 08, 2014 at 08:58:38
The more the merrier!? :)
The one who succeeded was the one who didn't know it was impossible.
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Well, it was written mostly in jest (after all a winky face was included). In trying to fill the likes of Carnegie Hall with sound, a set of 4 pairs might be insufficient, OTOH for any den or smallish listening area, a single pair could easily be sufficient or even perhaps overwhelming.
I auditioned a single pair many, many years ago, using LPs in the pre-digital era and those Quads were outstanding in every way.
I also auditioned a HQD system (Hartley subs, stacked pairs of Quads and Decca ribbons (IIRC). The dealer was also a Mark Levinson (the man) merchant and used a ML pre-amp, ML X-O and ML amps (+ even ML speaker wire). At that time audiophile speaker wire was unheard of, and lengths of ~20' to 30', costing about 2K USD was considered to be exorbitant.
Yeah, I know. hehe
Yes, the 57 are quite ruthless to bad recordings and would be outstanding with added bass output.
That would be taken care of by stacking them.
As with all electrostats that have good bass output, they tend to get big in size and for a good reason.
Not because the reason is GOOD but rather obvious considering the design.
cheers!
The one who succeeded was the one who didn't know it was impossible.
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