On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:47:40 +0000 (GMT), Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , harrogate2
wrote:
I heard two interesting sources at the same Hi-Fi fair - one of the last
held here in Harrogate.

The first was Peter Walker demonstrating his (then) brand new ESL63's.
The source was an LP, the amp I know not but presumably either the
33/303 or a 405, and all in a very large room before a medium audience.
It was just so realistic!

My first hearing of the 63's was in a hifi shop in North London. I was
there with a few other people trying out an amp I'd brought to the shop.

The people in the shop initially insisted in using Linn Isobark's. These
sounded poor, and after I kept pointing out something was wrong they
finally investigated and discovered a popped tweeter.[1] After more
complaints from myself that I wanted to try other speakers they finally
dragged in a pair of 63's. They did this with an air of great reluctance
and made it plain that they did not like them.

Only took about 30 seconds of listening to the 63's for me to decide they
were the best speakers I'd ever heard.

Later on I bought a pair of 63's and used them as my main speakers for
about 20 years. Only recently switched to using 988's and have added a sub
to help move the air at LF.

PJW, thank you, once again. :-)

If anyone in the hi fi biz has done more to help people enjoy music than
any another, I'd vote for it being PJW.

Seconded, although IMHO Bob Stuart has to be running him close, for
the 'digital' generation. And Raymond Cooke and John Bowers probably
brought better good hi-fi to more people.

[1] May tell you something about the golden-eared salespeople in the shop
that they had not noticed this until I insisted they investigate. They'd
been using the speakers for many weeks as demo speakers...

Aren't Linnies fun? :-)

Talk about all sizzle and no steak!
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering