The world's best sounding stereo system

 

Gold Member
Username: Chitown

Post Number: 1133
Registered: Apr-05
I'm sure everyone saw this, but...

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13297212/wid/11915829?GT1=8394
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4378
Registered: Dec-03
Stof;- I'm sure everyone didn't.

Interesting link! The guy may be right.

Threads here:-

New Quad ESL models

Quad Electrostatic Loudspeaker 63

The latest Stereophile and Hi-Fi News have some articles on these speakers.

Hi-Fi News has its contributors proposing their top ten Hi-Fi components from the last 50 years. I think the ESL 57 is in every list.

Also see the book "Quad the Closest Approach" reviewed here:

Stereophile Book Review: Quad: The Closest Approach

quadesl.org > Quad - "The Closest Approach..." A Review
 

Silver Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 647
Registered: Nov-05
Gary Krakow hasn't heard mine!

:-)

I know they sound great (by all comments) but they still look like something to hang the knitting on to me.

:-) :-)
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4379
Registered: Dec-03
That's like judging a painting by how it sounds.

Personally, I think they look great.

The new ones are prettier by far.

All speakers sound better with one's eyes closed, anyway...

Or they can be concealed behind a chiffon curtain.
 

Silver Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 648
Registered: Nov-05
#1 - agree
#2 - disagree
#3 - agree
#4 - agree
#5 - agree

Now that's 4 out 5 John. Not bad eh?

I would love to hear these quad electrostats someday to understand all the profoundly positive remarks. I have no doubt you have something special in your living room John. Besides Mrs A that is.
 

Gold Member
Username: Dakulis

Spokane, Washington United States

Post Number: 1005
Registered: May-05
Hey guys,

I, too, read the article and would be interested in hearing Quads if anyone has them somewhere near the great audio desert of Spokane, WA. LOL
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4380
Registered: Dec-03
Quad Electroacoustics - Hi-Fi and Loudspeakers - Dealers in the USA

How far is Seattle, D?

Congratulations on "Gold"!
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4381
Registered: Dec-03
MR,

"#2 - disagree"

The ESL 57 trim and finish were by Chritopher Heal of Heal's (smart furniture place).

They have nice little oak legs. Three per speaker.
 

Gold Member
Username: Chitown

Post Number: 1138
Registered: Apr-05
The reason I thought everyone would have seen it, is because it was featured prominantly on the front page of MSN.com. Perhaps not everyone used MSN.com as their home page.

It's interesting that he calls it the best sounding stereo system, yet really fails to mention what receiver he used. It should have said best speaker system.
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4385
Registered: Dec-03
Stof,

Yes, "not everyone used".

I thought the same as you - Mr Krakow only writes about speakers.

But then, the receiver can be almost anything, so it is nearly the same thing. You will hear it.
 

Gold Member
Username: Chitown

Post Number: 1139
Registered: Apr-05
Yes, uses

I don't agree that the source of the sound amplification is not important as the speakers. It would have been interesting to know what "low power" receiver he used. Did he mean a tube amp?
 

Gold Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 3265
Registered: Dec-04
http://www.audioclassics.com/detail.php3?detail=VII&nav=cat

But they are not on furniture legs.
Low powered receiver not included.

Shipping weight!?!?
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4388
Registered: Dec-03
Stof,

What I mean is that I don't think there is any change of amp/receiver that would come close, in its effect on sound quality, to a change from most electromagnetic suspension speakers (meaning voice-coils attached to cones in boxes) to Quad ESLs. Not as long as the amp/receiver works.

I can't comment on horn-loaded speakers or stratospherically-priced conventional speakers like those Wilson's (Thanks Nuck!). I like the Wilson ads in Stereophile; that's as close as I can get to a comment...
 

Silver Member
Username: Shahrukhd

Mumbai, Maharashtra India

Post Number: 142
Registered: Nov-04
I personally think it is highly immature for anyone to say "The world's best-sounding stereo system"! It is - like a friend on another forum put it - akin to "The world's most beautiful woman" or the world's best car! Sheesh!
 

Silver Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 653
Registered: Nov-05
Oh I don't know Shahrukh, my wife is the most beautiful woman in the world.

:-)
 

Gold Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 3268
Registered: Dec-04
I didn't know your wife read the forum, MR! LOL
 

Silver Member
Username: Shahrukhd

Mumbai, Maharashtra India

Post Number: 143
Registered: Nov-04
Yeah My Rantz, like u said... he hasn't heard YOUR system!
 

Gold Member
Username: Chitown

Post Number: 1142
Registered: Apr-05
I don't know about that Shahrukh. The most beautiful woman in the world is in your neck of the wood and her name is Aishwarya Rai. My Rantz's wife notwithstanding.

My wife agrees btw.

Somehow the dude had to attract people to look at the article. Somehow "A pretty good old stereo speakers" wouldn't have done the job.
 

Silver Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 654
Registered: Nov-05
Nuck - one never knows does one?

Anyway, like audio components, it's what's in the inside that really counts.
 

New member
Username: Eib_nation

Ohio EIB Nation

Post Number: 8
Registered: Jul-06
The worlds best system is the one that you currently own, and can listen to and enjoy on a daily basis:-)
 

Gold Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 3272
Registered: Dec-04
That means I do not currently own the worlds best system.
Film at 11.
 

Silver Member
Username: Shahrukhd

Mumbai, Maharashtra India

Post Number: 144
Registered: Nov-04
You really think so Stof? Ash's a good freind. I'll pass on the compliments. :-)
 

Gold Member
Username: John_a

LondonU.K.

Post Number: 4410
Registered: Dec-03
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