Description

"Classic" system with one pair only  of Quads ESL 57's,with Wayne Picquets panels with  "Hybrid" Amplifier" : very good results with classical music and jazz ( analog or digital).

link to youtube vídeo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E_I90_V5aw

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    • Quad ESL -57
    Only one  Pair of ESL 57's ( Wayne Picquet old panels)
    • Stacked Quads ESL-57
    Now only one old pair ( 1963's) -  (late) Wayne Picquet's old  panels,  without front & rear grilles
    • THOMAS SCHEU EUROLAB PREMIER MKII
    Turntable
    • MOERCH DP-6 9 inches
    Dual Pivoted Tonearm - Medium Weight - 9 inches
    • IMMUTABLE MUSIC Transfiguration PROTEUS LOW OUTPUT
    .2 mV MC Cartridge
    • Supratek - Cortese
    Mike Malloney's design for Full function tubed preamp with DACT Attenuator& Supreme Mundorf Caps
    • Supratek POWER SUPPLY
    Power Supply with "classic" Mullard GZ 34 provides better rectification
    • Croft MODEL 7 - R AMPLIFIER
    STEREO "HYBRID" AMP WITH INPUT TUBE AND MOSFET OUTPUT - RATED AT 55W/CHANNEL

Comments 8

Owner
Now with CRoft model 7 R stereo amplifier, replacing T8's OTLS, to a very good results with stacked ESL's57...

amfortas

Owner
System edited: LP Stabilizer form Furutech added, resulting in a more "organic" sound.

amfortas

Owner
System edited: Put back the 6SN7's ( EHarmonix)in Cortese Preamp Line

amfortas

Owner
System edited: Changed two original old panels of 57's, for new panels ( Wayne Picquet's) and new model cartridge ( low version) of the Orpheus.

amfortas

but your drum system must be very special!

LOL. I suspect you may be teasing me. Billy Woodman founded ATC with the goal to emulate the quality of the Quad's midrange but with the dynamics of large horns. I suspect that many people still feel the 57's still hold the edge in the best midrange quality ever achieved in a speaker.

shadorne

Owner
Thanks for your kind words; yes, for classical music & some jazz, your bet is right, but your drum system must be very special!

amfortas

Awesome - I bet that midrange is absolute heaven!!!

shadorne

Owner
System edited: With two 7193/2c22 instead of one ¨6Sn7,in Cortese, there is some warm added

amfortas

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