"tony sayer" wrote in message
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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.)


When the originating signal is right.. Then thats the experience I get
--
Tony Sayer


"The window in the wall" was the expression used by
Peter Walker himself. It is not however original.
PW borrowed it from PG Voigt who used it in a paper
entitled "A controversial idea from England"
published by Audio Engineering.

Decca made a direct to disc recording for Quad which was used by
Peter Walker for his personal demonstrations up until his death. On
completion of the project, he invited the recording team to dinner at
his house in Regent's Park Terrace London. We took with us one of
eight acetates of the direct to disc project, and after dinner PW
played our work to us on his Quad ELS powered by a 303 amplifier.
His listening room was larger than the total floor area of most
semi-detached houses. It truly was an incredibly lifelike
listening experience.

Iain