Quad ESL 57 with subwoofer

noromance OP
@georgehifi Nice but they don’t have high-level inputs which won’t work for me.

Pity, the more I just looked into them the more they make me want a pair, they even use Hypex Class-D amps.
From some review literature the sound of them seem they more designed for stereo music listening. Hence maybe why no speaker "hi level" inputs as it’s more colored than "line level" from a preamp L&R, and that would suit the Quad 57 also.
From my experience todays large driver subs seem to "doof" more for movies and are hard to voice seamlessly into hiend stereo speakers.

Cheers George

noromance OP
I was thinking of something like a pair of REL T5i.

Nice but I think two of these will be better and faster 2 x 8" and servo controlled.http://www.rythmikaudio.com/FM8.html
Cheers George

noromance
Has anyone tried adding a sub to a pair of Quad ESLs?
If so, did it work out?

When we played around with them with subs. The problem was the 57’s bass to where you use it to is very fast and agile as it is with all ESL’s
To mate this with a big diameter 12" 15" 18" slower sub for us was not successful, there was always a disconnect between the two.
We found it better to use subs the had 10" or less drivers with maybe even twin 8" and that were also servo controlled to mate up better with the Quads bass.
And I agree with phillyb 2 stereo subs are better each next to or behind each Quad run off the L & R preamp outputs (not from the mono HT sub output)

Cheers George