Vintage Quad ESL57 Electrostatic Speakers in Leith Links, Edinburgh Gumtree

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Quad ESL 57 Electrostatic Loudspeaker System (3 reviews) Description Awarded greatest HiFi product of all time by HiFi News in 2000; the Quad ESL delivers some of the most natural, open-sounding mid-band (especially on vocals) you're ever likely to hear. Specifications Type: 2 way, 3 driver loudspeaker system Frequency Response: 50Hz to 10kHz

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Quad ESL-57: The Original Electrostatic Speaker Bob Ankosko | Aug 13, 2020 The Quad Electrostatic Loudspeaker (a.k.a. ESL-57), revered by critics the world over as one of the most natural sounding speakers ever built, may well be the most beloved speaker of all time.

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The ESL was the world´s first full-range electrostatic loudspeaker. In the 25 years of its production, 60,000 Quads were sold. The design was radical, incorporating panels sandwiching an ultra-thin sheet of PET film. They are 31 inches tall, 35.5 inches wide and10.5 inches wide at the bottom where the transformer and power supply are located.

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TAS Legacy: Quad ESL-57 Loudspeaker BLOG by Paul Seydor Nov 24, 2017 A A A Since the mid-Forties Peter Walker had believed that the electrostatic principle would be, as he once put it with typical understatement, "a nice way of doing it."

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The speaker (later dubbed the ESL-57) weighed in at around 16kg and measured 800x875x267mm (hwd). Frequency response was a claimed 45Hz- 18kHz while dispersion was said to be approximately 70° in the horizontal plane and 15° in the vertical. Mains consumption was given at 6W.

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The Acoustical Manufacturing Company's Quad ESL-57 was the world's first production full-range electrostatic speaker. It debuted in 1957 when hi-fi speakers were big boxes and used moving-coil drivers, so the ESL-57's flat-panel, downright minimalist design not only looked like a radical advance, its thin-film diaphragm's low-distortion and lightning-fast transient response sounded.

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QUAD produced approximately 55,000 of the original electrostatic from 1957 to 1985. It was the world's first full-range electrostatic speaker. Overall the design is quite reliable contrary to what has been claimed.

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In the Quad ESL-57 (common, erroneous nomenclature; the factory only referred to it as "the Quad Electrostatic Loudspeaker"), the speaker utilizes a step-up transformer to couple output of an amplifier to the plates. Unlike many ESLs, the QUAD is not a "one-way" design, but has a tweeter panel surrounded by woofer panels on its left and right.

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Quad ESL-57 Review Loudspeakers / By John Browning This legendary electrostatic still has a magical quality to it fifty-seven years after development began. In comparison to other loudspeakers of the time, the ESL-57 provided excellent clarity because to its mix of superb sound quality and attractive appearance.

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Quad ESL 57 Speaker Review Of 19576 Classic Electrostat Quad ESL 57 Speaker Review [Retro] Equipment Reviews, Speakers 1994 Let's talk about the Quad ESL57. I don't recall the exact year, perhaps around 1994, when I first encountered the legendary Quad ESL57. This was in a day before the internet had infiltrated all our homes.

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The original Quad is a full-range electrostatic loudspeaker which uses the well-known push-pull grid geometry, but with an important new wrinkle: constant-Q or constant-charge operation. This means that a constant charge is maintained on the diaphragm, usually by using a high-resistivity coating.

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Quad ESL 57 Floorstanding Speakers DESCRIPTION electrostatic loudspeaker Next 10 Showing 1-10 of 35 [Apr 02, 2020] audionerd Strength: There is an alluring sound of the speaker because of the dipole effect; however, the goodness ends there. Weakness: There are some inherent weaknesses in electrostats.

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The ESL-57 was Quad's first ever electrostatic loudspeaker. Introduced in 1957, it is still popular today, retaining value as a classic. However, the '57 was always a little fragile and most around today, with a good forty years use under their belt, are barely working. One Thing provide a unique rebuild service for this loudspeaker: they.

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With the Quad ESL-57s, the conversation always turns back to their endearing sound. "The ESL-57 is a full-range speaker with sizable low-frequency panels that put out quite a bit of bass," Zorrilla observes. "It's surprising. It has a narrow sweet spot (with two speakers playing) but sounds incredibly realistic.

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Since Peter Walker launched the his first Quad ESL in the mid 50`s of last century, the ESL57 is one of the mostly appreciated speaker ever. The QUAD ESL became synonymous with the phrase "for the closest approach to the original sound" QUAD Musikwiedergabe delivers refurbished ESL57`s worldwide.