AXPONA 2026: Jones & Cerreta Speakers

[PristineSound]

Former.

Were you able to play these tracks on your Salon to compare?

 

[amirm]

Were you able to play these tracks on your Salon to compare?

No. I am playing them on my headphone system and reporting on that when it is notable. Not always a good comp but the subjective info itself is not something to swear by anyway.

 

[A Surfer]

Not this guy, I suppose?

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maybe this guy, though?

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I mean maybe it's the same Brit -- but the chap in the first image looks like he's got some spinal deformity sort of thing going on.

Totally.

 

[Waveform Fidelity]

or this character?

 

[Waveform Fidelity]

Not this guy, I suppose?

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maybe this guy, though?

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I mean maybe it's the same Brit -- but the chap in the first image looks like he's got some spinal deformity sort of thing going on.

Oh! the days without remote controls - are they listening in mono? and what is that radiator they are looking at! ha ha!

 

[mhardy6647]

Oh! the days without remote controls - are they listening in mono? and what is that radiator they are looking at! ha ha!

Yes, mono.
No remote.
It's the original Quad domestic electrostatic loudspeaker, introduced in 1957 and known as the "ESL-57" for most if not all of its long product lifetime (into the early 1980s). (in case you third comment wasn't facetious)

N.B. the aforementioned Dahlquist DQ-10 was a very deliberate ripoff evocation of the ESL-57s aesthetic using conventional drivers in what was an unconventional array meant to confer some time-coherence to the output of the various drivers (and also perhaps to de-boxify the sound somewhat).

 

[Waveform Fidelity]

Yes, mono.
No remote.
It's the original Quad domestic electrostatic loudspeaker, introduced in 1957 and known as the "ESL-57" for most if not all of its long product lifetime (into the early 1980s). (in case you third comment wasn't facetious)

N.B. the aforementioned Dahlquist DQ-10 was a very deliberate ripoff evocation of the ESL-57s aesthetic using conventional drivers in what was an unconventional array meant to confer some time-coherence to the output of the various drivers (and also perhaps to de-boxify the sound somewhat).


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I grew up in England, and as teenagers in the 70’s we’d pass by the local Hifi shop and marvel at the Quad Electrostatic (must have been the rev 2) in the window and some of the very early KEF models - the 104ab with its elliptical woofer. Too expensive for anyone we knew, but we’d go in and ask to listern to them. A decade later, we saw the arrival and short lived Sony ELCASET. There were great strides in performance those days, with speakers getting better every model cycle. Then came the compact disc player, which was previewed to a bunch of us IEE engineers in the mid eighties, even before commercial launch by a special Engineering lecture presented by Phillips, which included a prototype CD player playing through Phillips motional feedback loudspeakers (Fantastic bass)
I am sure the same thing was happening in the USA… lots of new speakers, tape decks etc.

Thanks for sharing the historical brochure! Maybe the DQ10 is now a collectors item!

 

[mhardy6647]

Thanks for sharing the historical brochure! Maybe the DQ10 is now a collectors item!

People pay more for DQ10s today than... well... I would.
Ahem. Back to the Troubadour!

 

[Wolf11Man]

Cody High and Tracy Chapman make my Dell E5540 laptops build in speaker sound like High End audio. Some how 3-dimensional, every tone nailed to a position.
If you play such material from any decend stereo system, it should sound like a million $. Clever to select such tracks for auditioning if you want to sell gear...

 

[ppierre]

Cody High and Tracy Chapman make my Dell E5540 laptops build in speaker sound like High End audio. Some how 3-dimensional, every tone nailed to a position.
If you play such material from any decend stereo system, it should sound like a million $. Clever to select such tracks for auditioning if you want to sell gear...

They sound so great than I bought both. Link to YouTube Cody High kissing street album for those who want to test it.

 

[Sonny1]

brings back memories. The DQ-10 was my first “real speaker! I had a set of used ones reboot by a company in Chicago, MDS. The original seller gave me a deal (35+ years ago) that was too good to be true. Turns out, it was way too good to be true as several drivers were blown, woofer surrounds were shot, crossover “improvements” were poorly implemented, etc. The guys at MDS had a complete set of new drivers and crossovers on the shelf because a guy who ordered them and paid a decade earlier never showed up to get them. I got the parts for next to nothing and they installed everything and tested them. They also disconnected the piezo tweeters and deactivated the tone knob. Once everything was sorted out, they sounded good and remained in my system for a few years.

Eventually I moved on to new speakers and the DQ speakers were gifted to my brother. His cats used the front baffle as a scratch post and he threw them in the trash.

 

[Midwest Blade]

Amir, please, any comments about Chicago? Is the downtown active?

I reside downtown Chicago and can report that the city is as busy and active as usual. Attractions, restaurants are busy and we saw a flood of people for the usual “spring break” weeks. It stays this way till Xmas, our favorite time downtown is Jan/Feb/Mar when the visitors numbers decrease. Upcoming UNESCO International Jazz Day on the 30th has a number of concert events.