In article , Glenn Booth
wrote:
Hi,

In message , Jim Lesurf
writes

Fortunately, the newer speakers like the 988's and 989's are much
easier to drive than old 57's... :-))

Sorry to change the subject in mid thread, but how difficult a load are
the ESL63s? Any opinion on whether they would be happy on the end of an
Audiolab 8000S? Sadly, the 988s are beyond my budget, so second hand 63s
are on my shopping list.

As Steward has already said, I'd expect the 8000S to be fine driving 63's.

FWIW The 63 appeared in various versions, and the input impedance did
change during its manufacturing lifetime. Don't have the details to hand,
but the 'worst' load is probably the earliest version. Early versions also
tend to have the 'push in' loudspeaker terminals.

Slainte,

Jim

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