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looks like the biggest difference for us is a) no dedicated stereo outputs with the 80 (shares outputs with the 7.1 outs) and SACD via the analog outs is PCM instead of DSD.

so happy to see the Saints win. I'm no pro ball fan, but I love anything having to do with New Orleans.

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Sorry if this has been posted before: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski If Shakespeare wrote the Big Lebowski.

glad you like the fake reviewer quote, I was hoping somebody would know what i was talking about. Physically/techincally I can't really saw what the differences are between the 57 and 63, but popular opinion of some seems to indicate that sonically the ESL63 improves the highs and the lows but sacrifices some of the absolute midrange perfection of the 57. Having never heard the 57 I can't say for myself, but I would love to hear a speaker improve on the midrange I'm hearing with my 63s. In other news, I am in the process of getting the speaker shipped to Kent. I'm opting to just have him ship me the special box, and I'll ship it back in that. This is not going to be inexpensive, but if I can convince myself these are the last speakers I'll own for the next 15-20 years it softens the blow a bit.

nice, thanks for sharing the pictures and the story!

Stretch, my understanding is they are essentially the same speaker as the 63. The same elements with only minor tweaking.

thanks man!

As many of you know I recently came into possession of a nice set of Quad ESL-63 USA Monitors, serial numbers 24783 and 24784. Unfortunately one of the speakers (24784) exhibits a moderate volume squealing noise, with no apparent drop out in the audio. This speaker recently had new panels from Electrostatic Solutions installed by the previous owner. The other speaker is all original parts and functions perfectly. So I shoot Kent at Electrostatic Solutions an email to tell him about the problem. He writes me back and politely says its difficult for him to make a diagnosis without seeing the speaker for himself. I spent a day or so mulling over what will no doubt be an upcoming joyous shipping experience. Then while I'm sitting in my car with my girlfriend in the Wal-Mart parking lot waiting to go meet our friends for sushi, my phone rings and its Kent. We ended up talking for about half an hour about Quad, the universe, and everything. He said it was really weird that I was getting the squealing with no apparent loss in output (when I play a mono recording its razor sharp in the middle of the speakers), but he ventured he could have something to do with old foam surround. But, if it was a problem with a panel, I was still covered under his warranty, which is pretty cool. Even if it is something unrelated to the panel itself, repairs should be (relatively!) inexpensive. Kent got excited when I told him my first electrostatic experience was with the Omega II (though I think I spoke in error, I might have owned the SR-Lambda first), apparently he also thinks its the end all be all in terms of resolution. He said its the best for setting up a turntable. Bottom line Kent is a really cool cat and I enjoyed talking with him. He says if I can get the speaker boxed up he can have a freight service pick it up, which is great because I was dreading a trip to the UPS store. The alternative is to go ahead and pay Kent to ship his special shipping box to me, which I can then load up the speaker in and have the freight service pick up. I might opt for this path just because it would be such a pain in the ass to procure all the packing mats and find a suitable LCD TV box or similar. The speakers are in awesome cosmetic condition; they look great in my den and I

I watched Conan from the 12th on Hulu. hilarious, he is ripping NBC's ass at every opportunity. I can't wait to see what kick ass thing Conan does after all this mess winds up.

Hey Stax Folk- My experience with electrostatic speakers has me back interested in Stax again. I'm hoping to once again own a Stax rig this year, and am looking into my options. Think budget, less then $500 for cans + amp, the cheaper the better. Sound wise I'm looking for accurate, it doesn't necesarily have to be fun. Something appropriate for lower volume listening would be nice. the first thing I thought was the sr-lamba normal, which i owned and loved, and the price is right. but I was hoping to explore other options. I'm not completely averse to an SRD of some kind but I'd prefer a stand alone solution. thanks! edit: sorry for typos or halting language, posting from iPhone.

i have the I'm With Coco pic as my FB profile pic now. so thanks new guy!

I think the biggest consideration here is interface and convenience. I use a USB stick in my car, and while I love to just plug it into the glove box and forget about it, the interface via my car stereo sucks. Hitting a button to scroll through 164 different albums one at a time take forever, and for some reason it will put a large chunk of artists out of alphabetical order. With an iPod on the other hand I could find my desired album in a few seconds.

Tim Powers - Declare on the Kindle. good so far, of course. anyone else read this one yet?

i don't know.

so there is officially no multitouch on the Nexus One. then who gives a rats ass about it? next please. next please!

the hi-fi news test lp will give you a lot of confidence in your alignment. The anti-skate tests at the end of side one pretty much reveal all. If you can sail smoothly through the third test, your alignment is outstanding. Nobody sails smoothly through the fourth test. i also like the one that I think tests cartridge resonance, with the british guy saying things like "20 hertz".... "40 hertz"... "1,000,000 hertz!" and the buzzing sound keeps getting louder and more high pitched. its pretty exciting!

Tickets to Trey and Classic TAB, Feb 27th, Tabernacle, Atlanta.

Neal Casal - Roots & Wings FLAC and MP3 download: Neal Casal Official Website For those that don't know, Neal Casal is a member of the Cardinals, Ryan Adams band of more recent years. I've listened to this record a few times and its pretty good. Much sweeter sounding then typical Cardinals stuff, which honestly isn't always to my liking, but the guy can certainly pen a tune.

stop "running them in" and start posting impressions, or aardvark will ban you.

nicely done! was it hard popping the shell off? the video that circulates around the internet makes it look pretty easy.

Phish 12/31. Mike, did the iPhone pic come out? Three great sets of music. Phish has come a long ass way since their comeback show 3/6/09. As of 12/30, Phish played more original songs in 2009 then in any year of their career. At the end of the show, Trey said, "See you next summer." Most likely they are taking a break because Page is having a kid this spring. Well I'm already chomping at the bit to be dancing on the lawn with my friends again. Here is a sweet vid of the after midnight hi-jinx:

This is awesome, by the way.

very interested to read some reviews of these.

The Dead Weather - Horehound