Vandersteen 7's playing analog 50's jazz. Quad ESL-57's are a close second, but 1/100 the acoustic power, and (literally) half the bandwidth. I once owned a pair of Quad's paired with B-139 based transmission line subwoofers and Sequerra T-1 ribbon tweeters. This solved the bandwidth problem, but not the acoustic power problem.
Both of these speakers display a delicacy with midrange and high frequency sounds at the " pppp" volume level that I've never heard elsewhere. Both are remarkable loudspeakers. (BTW, Richard V still considers Quad ESL's as his reference).
Both of these speakers display a delicacy with midrange and high frequency sounds at the " pppp" volume level that I've never heard elsewhere. Both are remarkable loudspeakers. (BTW, Richard V still considers Quad ESL's as his reference).