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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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The ESL63 QA electrostatic speaker
And why are todays ESL`s named as “QA” models?
It was not enough to understand Peter Walkers philosophy. To get a contemporary version of the famous ESL63 ready to work, a lot of labor was needed. Therefore a new department was established, named QUAD atelier. It has the task to join all the importened components of the original to create new speakers. We spend a new frame, which is far more rigid. and we did some further modifikations. Today each ESL63 QA is made under the ideals of Peter Walker. To say it in short words: “Each ESL63 QA will reproduce a Stradivari close to the original sound”.
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