My plan for a HT room and a separate listening room will not be happening, so they will share duty in my HT, i listen mostly to music. My HT is 13’x19’ the vaulted ceiling runs front to back centered on the 19’ lenth, i think they could sit on my current subs when in use, the subs are 19” tall......
ESL57 vs ESL63
The 57’s are going for twice the price of 63’s.
i like the managable size of this speaker, this is really a part of my soon to be retirement built two channel system.
besides the price, how do these two fair amongst each other. Realistically how much power do the require, tubes ? Solidstate ?
my hope would be to also get into lower powered triode type amps with this projects.....
i like the managable size of this speaker, this is really a part of my soon to be retirement built two channel system.
besides the price, how do these two fair amongst each other. Realistically how much power do the require, tubes ? Solidstate ?
my hope would be to also get into lower powered triode type amps with this projects.....
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"the 57’s need a fair bit of SS power"?! The 57 was designed to be run with the QUAD amp, which produced 15 watts/ch. One solid state amp which became very popular with the 57 was the Bedini 25/25 (guess how much power it produced ;-), which was capable of overpowering the speaker. As clio said, the Music Reference RM-10 is an ideal amp for the 57, especially the Class-A 25w/ch version. Add subs for below 40-60Hz and be happy forever. Unless you’re cd318 ;-) . The speaker is not for everyone---you have to be able to appreciate it’s abilities, nor for all music---I wouldn’t try to play AC/DC at 100dB (which I like to do) on them. But for singers and small-scale acoustic music? Perhaps still unsurpassed, and yes, better than the 63, regardless of what Peter Walker thought. But take off those idiotic metal grills! |
Since my subs are located where they provide the flattest response, sitting a 63 or a 57 On top would work well enough, i’d have to figure out how to use my subs for both systems, i use a MiniDSP. They are quite capable and musical, they are sealed Adire Tumults from the 2005 era, i use (4) for my HT.... my guess one 15 would suffice. I dont think a blind purchase of a pair of 63’s would be reckless, an electronic XO set to 80ish hz would remove a lot of motion from the panels, a nice XO...bryston or a tube Marchand, they are here in Rochester |
Gradient made dipole subs for the ESL 63. Here is an article from Robert E. Greene discussing the set up: http://www.regonaudio.com/Gradient%20SW-63%20Subwoofer.html |
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