"Dick Pierce" wrote in message
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On 1/19/2011 12:17 PM, wrote:
Just went on youtube, searched Quad esl, clicked on "QUAD ESL 57 DEMO -
Archie Shepp Quartet- Everything must change"
I suggest that all you lurkers, posters and whomever go there and take
a listen. Even with dinky computer speakers the unmistakeable purity,
clarity and realism of this 53 year old design sees off so many modern
high-end systems that I am left wondering, have we taken a wrong turn
somewhere along the way to better sound?
If those "dinky computer speakers" can reveal the
"unmistakeable purity, clarity and realism of this
53 year old design," why even bother with Quads,
save a bundle and just buy them dinky little computer
speakers. Save a bundle of money!
Indeed. These Quad speakers were my first really good speakers back in
1962. They sounded wonderful, I thought, though they really had very little
bass. The reproduction of certain human voices was uncanny.
Later, when I had much more experience listening to symphony orchestras
live, I realized that I was missing something important, namely the lower
mid-range and upper-bass weight of an orchestra. Nonetheless, they were a
very special speaker design.
Ed Presson