QUAD 57 ESL and SOLID STATE AMPS

Hey Mikeyaya. I love your Vtl tt's. I wish they were around when I had my 57's, seem like a very synergistic match to my ear. Yes, I have driven the 57's with many amps,both tube and ss. The original Mark Levinson ML2's and the little bedini 25/25 were pure magic on the 57's.I ran stacked 57's for years AKA the Levinson HQD system minus the hartley subs. As a matter of fact,both of those amplifiers were sold to Quad 57 owners and are still being used in their systems today.The bedini was sitting in my closet for as long as I can remember. A local buyer with stacked 57's purchased it so he could mate it with his bedini to drive each panel per amplifier channel. I have a very good friend with a pair of 57's being driven by a old 30 watt advent 300 intergrated and it still mesmerizes me every time I visit. Another local guy has a pair driven by an old classe dr3 and it's truly one of the finest systems I have heard. And to qualify things here, I am a die hard tube amp kind of guy.All the best in your endevour here.

I drove my 57s with a Bedini 25/25 for a number of years and it was superb. I have also listened to the 57s with various Quad amps, 303 and 405, as well as a Bryston 3B and the sound was always very good. However, I do prefer the Quads with a good tube amp.

I agree with the above. The Bedini is a great match and I wanted to add a few that are a good match. Electro Compinette (don't remeber how to spell it) Old Acoustat TNT or VSP Labs TranMos amps and the king of all solid state amps Essence.

Hello, The best sound i've ever heard from a solid state amp on the Quad 57s was a Bryston 4B, this was before theST series. The room also had catheral ceilings, the sound was truly wonderful.

Since for some reason (???) my earlier attempt to post to this thread didn't make it, I'll try again.

Like Cleopatra52, I used a Bedini 25/25 happily with my Quad ESLs, both of which are in my bedroom system. Among solid state amps I don't know if you can do any better. With tubes you have several choices, including OTLs from Futterman and Atma-Sphere which work fabulously.

Brian