The QUAD ESL57, the original

Peter Walker caused worldwide excitement in 1955 when he described his electrostatic loudspeaker in the professional journal Wireless World. Two years later, the QUAD ESL57 was ready for production. It has retained its original characteristic shape, often indentified by people as timelessly British. the ESL57 was produced completly unchanged until the mid 80s. At that point the factory wanted to discontinue its production and introduce a successor, the ESL63, which they determined to be an improvement in quality over the original design. Worldwide, many ESL57 fans disagreed and soon the original model was in high demand and traded at collector`s prices. As this was not the intention of Peter Walker, the ESL57 was reintroduced. It is once more available, as in the old days, with bronze colored grill, white front cover (as frequently seen in American living rooms), or finally black, a common color for hi-fi and music equipment in Germany.

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The QUAD ESL63, the stereo professional

The QUAD Electrostat was created in the time of monaural sound recording. Despite this, the ESL was ahead of its time when stereophonic sound was introduced at the end of the 50s. The speaker copes with the demands of stereo tones without any problems. However, some listeners, recording professionals especially, expressed the desire for a larger stereo image. since it is a prime concern of recording engineers to ensure faithful representation of the original artist`s performance, it is understandable why they would want to have the perfect design. Providing a meaningful improvement to an already exceptional design proved far more difficult than imagined. Eighteen years -1963 to 1981- were required to develope a successor to the ESL57. One cannot ignor the lawes af physics and within the confines of modern listening rooms, the resulting ESL63 sounds different, but strives to sound exponentially better. The two designs excist as complimentary partners.

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Thank you for making them. They made a wonderful 50th birthday present. I never could understand how QUAD UK could have stopped making a speaker that sounds so wonderful. To find out that they are still being made by QUAD Musikwiedergabe made the world make more sense. To receive a brand new pair of QUAD ESL57`s is like a dream come true. David Besler, Canada