hvbias Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Does anyone own these or heard them? I was intrigued by Tonepub's review saying they were the nearest box speakers he'd heard to Quad ESL57. The KEF's also measure incredibly. Link to comment
hvbias Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 I bought my ESL57 about 15 years ago, they were working and sounding ok. After having them rebuilt by Wayne Picquet they sounded completely different, I have never heard a more realistic midrange than any other speaker save for one massive bespoke system with a constant directivty waveguide using TAD TD4001 compression drivers. To date they're the only two speakers I've heard that remind me most like what I hear at classical solo piano, chamber music, and symphonies when it comes to instrument timbre/realism. They just can't do symphony level dynamics or soundstage which is why I want a second system, but I'll never sell the ESL57. On my drive back from work everyday I'm literally thinking about what music I am going to come back to listen to after dinner, and that is still happening after about 13 years of their refurbishment. I have been chasing that ever since, owned and sold B&W, Maggies, Harbeth, Falcon LS3/5a, and DIY ATC (by someone else). Iving 1 Link to comment
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