Quad ELS 57s for Sale
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#16 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Nice Dave, do yourself a favour and knock up a set of legs for them.
14" is a nice height. (well it is for me)
14" is a nice height. (well it is for me)
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#17 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Always wanted a pair after hearing some many years back - problem is my listening is far too small so I'm afraid I'm out
Enjoy them Nick.
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#18 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Ta, yeah they came with pair of Sheldon Stokes stands which lift them up about 18", they're painted bright green so they went up in the loft until I get some sunglasses and repaint them.
Yup, so are mine. They're in the 'Project Room' at the moment, you have to step over them to get in! I don't care. they sound awethumne. The room downstairs is probably too small aswell but I really-really-really wanted them. Dunno what I'm going to do with them yet. Fellow Kent-Massiff member our-Thomas has kindly agreed to look after them already So kind!
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#19 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Arrrgh dave!
What a way to treat your g99!
Wish i could have a room in this house that i could have all that stuff in though!
What a way to treat your g99!
Wish i could have a room in this house that i could have all that stuff in though!
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#20 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
What a good friend that Thomas is.Dave the bass wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:35 pmYup, so are mine. They're in the 'Project Room' at the moment, you have to step over them to get in! I don't care. they sound awethumne. The room downstairs is probably too small aswell but I really-really-really wanted them. Dunno what I'm going to do with them yet. Fellow Kent-Massiff member our-Thomas has kindly agreed to look after them already So kind!
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#21 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
I know, sorry Ant! I need to resurrect the G99 for the project room system(s), its time will come, fear not. I've got a DIY arm project for it about a 3rd of the way built too which stalled about 8 years and I only remembered it when I left the Laboratories up in London and had to clear out my corner (more of a half actually) of the old Workplace, I had to find a home of tons of 'stuff' that would've been skipped in the big-move/me leaving/career suicide/semi-retirement and thats led to why the project room has been stuffed to the gills with 'things-that-will-come-in-handy-one-day' . It's amazing how much you 'save' over 20 and a half years.
When the kids left home we decided it was a good time to 're-designate' room space. JTS got her room, I got mine, less folk in the house but its still only 'just' big enough...
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#22 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Yep, quite happy to take care of them for you DTB!
I'm actually moving to the dark side and building a little EL84 pp amp which might drive them quite nicely.....
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#23 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Ha! Short term only 'caring for', I'm enjoying them too much to let 'em go for too long.
At the mo I've got them sitting on their Sheldon Stokes type stands, IMO they're about 4" too tall for my listening position in the project room. Haven't tried them downstairs yet as there's already 4 pairs of speakers in the listening area I'd need to re-home to fit the ESL57's in 'reasonably' well.
Really interested to see how they sound in our-Thomas-towers. I really really really enjoy listening to them in the the daft position in the project room though, ie- on the floor with a Saburo about 18" behind each one. Daft but the sound is so more-ish, I've spent hours up there listening to stuff.
At the mo I've got them sitting on their Sheldon Stokes type stands, IMO they're about 4" too tall for my listening position in the project room. Haven't tried them downstairs yet as there's already 4 pairs of speakers in the listening area I'd need to re-home to fit the ESL57's in 'reasonably' well.
Really interested to see how they sound in our-Thomas-towers. I really really really enjoy listening to them in the the daft position in the project room though, ie- on the floor with a Saburo about 18" behind each one. Daft but the sound is so more-ish, I've spent hours up there listening to stuff.
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#24 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
One thing I've noticed about ESL57's is how easily they visually blend into the surrounding rooms, I mean... unless I'd mentioned it you probably wouldn't even have spotted them ....
I'm running them the in the time-honored-'traditional' way' ie perched on concrete blocks and being fed from Raspberry Pi being supplied by a 15V SMPS.
In all seriousness, they sound very very nice out here. Looking forward to hearing them being run on a valve amp with a nice source too.
I'm running them the in the time-honored-'traditional' way' ie perched on concrete blocks and being fed from Raspberry Pi being supplied by a 15V SMPS.
In all seriousness, they sound very very nice out here. Looking forward to hearing them being run on a valve amp with a nice source too.
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#25 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Jealous - they look nice even plonked on the concrete blocks
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#26 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Mine are all boxed up ready for the trek to West Yorkshire tomorrow (Christmas Day).
The room looks a bit bigger now.
The room looks a bit bigger now.
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#27 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
Ta, they work well at that height with that listening position. I've just done a 4 1/2 hour session out there listening to loadsa stuff. Very impressed with them.
Ah, they go on to another life! The mate who I bought these from reckons no-one actually owns ESL57's.... we just happen to be the current custodians of them.
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#28 Re: Quad ELS 57s for Sale
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