Originally Posted by
JohnG
Hello Barry
ESL57's are to me my nirvana. I would very much enjoy finding a speaker that blew me out of the water the way I remember these did so many years ago.
The OTA 57's have had very little use due to only having 50% of the Monoblocks at home, the impedance when hooked up in psuedo stereo is brutal, so the amps health are the priority.
The Original 57's ( refurbed by Quad in early 2000's) vs OTA 57's (refurbed in 2013) is in my mind a win to the OTA's, their youth since refurbishment and updated components OTEC Treble Panels leave the Originals sound wanting.
My plan is to stack them, I may stack the four I have while I'm waiting it out for a better matched set of OTA's to come along.
The KL3 with Piezo gold domes, are a great speaker, and I am very satisfied with them, I will trial these to the Quads in true stereo very soon.