The closest approach...really

Detlof, your comment about using pillows to get the ear to the right height reminds me of my struggles to get it right. As I said in my prior comment, I ended up bending the 57 slightly forward. That changes the radiation pattern so that you don't have to use cushions or anything like that. By the way, I use a digital source to drive the gradients, and a tube amplifier to drive the quads. I don't think the gradients are terribly sensitive to the amplifier you use...just use something that is more than 50W per channel and you're ok.

Mrtennis, the "offer" you put forth, which implies asking for help among people you consistently alienate brings to mind two of Rodney Dangerfield's more famous lines...

"I remember getting lost at the beach when I was a kid and asking the cop on the boardwalk if we would find my parents--and he said, "I don't know, kid, there are so many places they could hide."

"I don't get no respect. As a kid, when I played hide-and-seek, and they wouldn't even look for me."

The ESL-57s and the Gradient make a very nice combination, but I would take a pair of the PX-ed SoundLabs any day. My opinion only, of course.

LOL, thanks Trelja. It needed that.

hi trelja:

i was not asking for help, but rather to offer a test to confirm my hypothesis that i can detect a hybrid speaker when i hear it. it was a nice try , but i certainly would not seek help, from those whom, as you say, i presumably alienate. i believe that would be counter productive and stupid.