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發表於 2013-10-25 14:06:46
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本帖最後由 auraheart 於 2013-10-25 15:24 編輯
The year was 1979, I think. I listened the Mark Levinson's HQD system. I was very impressed with the speakers performance. I said to myself "Hey, I could have a scale down system like that" What could a not so rich college student do? I started day dreaming of my upcoming system. Ok...could get gears one at a time. It wasn't until couple of years later, my dream came true ! (I quit school for nearly 2 yrs & worked)
I purchased the Quad ESL 57 and see how it fits into my existing system. Driving it with the Marantz 500 was a nightmare. As all my friends know, I always prefer solid state amps..did some research, listened & listened. I picked the Bedini 25/25 pure class A amp to drive the 57 along with the Marantz 7c pre-amp. OMFG, it was just marvelous! I have never heard anything this good at the time! I know the fact that was plenty of room for improvements (how I improved it not covered here, too long). Best mid-range I've heard in my entire life at home, not show room. Sweet, transparent, not slow at all, it responded fast, just as life music. Deep and Wide sound stage. String instruments never sound like it. The image was clean and clear, so detailed. This system has life. Hey, even for Cantonese pops, just sounded better. High is pretty good also, tight bass but not deep and no punch lol..The overall sound quality of the ESL 57 is just simply mesmerizing. It was known as Peter Walker's wonder (founder of Quad), hmmm...and mine too. However, quality was worst with bad recordings. I was a happy dude for a week or so until I fully calmed down or until the cons out-weighted the pros..lol..
This was such a great system for "normal" listening. Classical, Jazz, chamber pop, country, electronica...simple vocal, small singing groups, solo, trio..whatever you might call it. NO full orchestration, no rock and metal...just forget it. That started my long and painful way to further improvements. It was worth it !
Sorry, nothing technical here..as least we don't deal with freq. responses, x-over, design principals. Something I love doing, but boring to all.
補充內容 (2013-10-25 14:07):
I tried so hard to make it short ! lol.. |
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