I run 57s (with grills off) on 20" stands with 1960s EICO push-pull tube amps and they can go pretty loud and sound magnificent. I’m not sure why but in my set-up they sound better than all speakers I’ve ever heard at shows (for what they do - the glorious mids) I wouldn’t swap them for anything... but I do run a second rig with cone speakers and sub for HT and digital. Because sometimes you just need that power! I tried the 57 with a REL sub and it wasn’t great so I removed it. I can’t really say how good they’d be in a sub-based HT situation but I wouldn’t do it. Do not mount the 57s on the subs directly. See systems.
ESL57 vs ESL63
The 57’s are going for twice the price of 63’s.
i like the managable size of this speaker, this is really a part of my soon to be retirement built two channel system.
besides the price, how do these two fair amongst each other. Realistically how much power do the require, tubes ? Solidstate ?
my hope would be to also get into lower powered triode type amps with this projects.....
i like the managable size of this speaker, this is really a part of my soon to be retirement built two channel system.
besides the price, how do these two fair amongst each other. Realistically how much power do the require, tubes ? Solidstate ?
my hope would be to also get into lower powered triode type amps with this projects.....