In article .com,
Andre Jute wrote:
My stats have perfect dispersion patterns because only my chair matters
and the room is tuned by dumping amps strategically. EL34 PP amps make
the most mellow roomtuning devices. Seriously, If you sit on-beam to
the '57, that's the sweetest sound you'll ever hear. Do yourself a
favour and give up stereo. Sell your spare '57 or stack the pair in a
custom-made frame. I have a handwritten letter from Peter Walker in my
collection in which he tells someone that he can use any other good
speaker for the fill-in position if he insists on two speakers but that
the best sound will come from a single '57; I owned that single '57 (I
bought it to get the letter) as well as a pair, so I had plenty of
opportunity to test the theory.
If you don't get a rock solid central mono image in the sweet spot from a
pair of good '57s, your room needs treating. They don't take kindly to
poor acoustics. Pretty well the same as any speaker. ;-)
Anyone who recommends mono over stereo has never heard good stereo in a
decent listening room. And that is probably 99.9% of the listening public.
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*Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me*
Dave Plowman
London SW
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