One of my favorites, you have any thoughts on who this compares to other string quartets? I read this book recently, written by the first violinist of Takacs Quartet, very interesting and entertaining
Perhaps the Quartetto de Cremona. Members of the QI coached them, so there's some obvious influence, but the QdC is a bit more aggressive and less refined. I have that book on my Amazon Want List! I heard the Takacs Qt play Op.59 No.1 and Op.130/133 last weekend: they were sublime!