On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:09:56 GMT, "Fleetie"
wrote:

I would be interested to know what the ESL-57s sold for (* 2 for a pair)
back when they were a current model, and what that'd be "in real terms"
today. I suppose they'd be pretty expensive, but that's a guess.

Even still, The Dynaudios'd thrash 'em I reckon.

Back in 1975, the electronics magazine ETI did a review of the 57. One
of their test was a toneburst and they included a picture from their
'scope showing the original input and the output from their measuring
system.

You might like to try this test with your speakers and report the
results.

The article is available at:

http://users.chariot.net.au/~debpeter/quadrpt.html

I would be interested to hear the squawky abominations again just to confirm
my suspicions that they're overrated and ugly antiques. They ought to be
"cheap as chips", apart MAYBE from the fact that they are undeniably a
milestone in hi-fi.

The merits of the 57 and 63 were discussed in the group in some depth
in December 2003. (Look for the thread "Quad 57 v 63" using Google
groups.) I would advise skipping the first 90 articles, which are
mostly off-topic rantings from the usual suspects.

My experience from living with a pair of 57's for a number of years is
very different from your description. For all their defects, they are
the closest I have come to speakers that sound like windows opening
onto the concert hall. (The music sounds like it is coming through
rather then from the speakers.)


--
Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK