Watkins Stereo Generation FOUR Loudspeakers Compelling BARGAIN!!

NO! The Bargain OF Our Lifetime was the arrival of Peter Walker's Wonders - the Quad Electrostats back in the mid-Fifties!

Not quite the bargain that they were as the price is now $2,999

Price out the cost of the drivers and see if they are still a bargain

Nope.

From TAS : The front baffle is angled backwards to time-align the drivers by placing the acoustic center of the tweeter behind that of the woofer. This also helps to match the sensitivity of the woofer (88dB) with that of the tweeter (91dB) without the use of a resistive pad. The tweeter is crossed over at 3kHz using a single capacitor, and that’s it; there are no other passive components in the signal path.

The reviewer hasn't a clue what he's talking about. The baffle slope isn't enough to time align the drivers. If there is only a single cap, that means the woofer is run full range and dependent on its rolloff - which is likely ragged and resonant somewhere in that region.

I'm intrigued by them, even at the new price.  Would love to hear from folks who have heard them!Margot