In article , entwisi
writes
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:53:40 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:
Personally, though, I quite like the appearance of the Quad speakers.

The other thing that appears to have escaped the 'experts' on the 57 is
that they were also available in black in later years.

Is there any way of finding out when they were made from their serial
number? Mine are black ones and I am interested to know exactly when they
would have been made.



In fact my ESL63's started out in Teak with brown grilles. They changed
the wood to rosewood with black "stockings" as Quad term them some 9
years ago. They were made in 1981 and have been serviced twice.

Not much else "consumer" grade stuff lasts like that.....
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Tony Sayer