May I Please Hear Your Quad 57s or Open Baffles?

Come to Canada (Ontario) and I will let you hear my WPK 57's and Acoustat 3's.

The Acoustat 3 are very nice speakers, but the Quads make them sound colored.    

Robin Wyatt is somewhere in the NY metro area- Jersey I thought. He was often demoing with restored Quad 57s. To me, there is no other speaker like it. If all else fails, reach out to Robin- he has a website and is an active, but small, importer/dealer.
My 57s are in boxes awaiting restoration. Have had various Quads since the early ’70s though I now use horns.
good luck,

Sorry to diverge, but have you considered Quad 2912? I have pairs of 2905's, and with some modification, they can sound very transparent indeed. Have you auditioned the big new Quads, Whart?

Terry, no I haven't. I heard a few interations of the post-63 models--not even sure I could tell you the model numbers--but that was some years ago. My other pair is a vintage pair of Crosby modded '63s, which I haven't fired up in years. I always thought the 57 was the better speaker in terms of coherence, though the 63 was a more useable speaker. Pray tell- what am I missing? :)

My opinion - an octave top and bottom, considerable clarity, but no, repeat no, loss of musicality. But YYMD, depends on what you listen to.