Ok, well since I've started on construction of my current project it's time to start thinking about the next one
I'd normally curse the total lack of service I get at one of our local high-end chain stores, but this weekend it kind of worked out to my advantage as I got to sit in one of the rooms and play around a little bit. And I still can't help it, but I just love the sound that those Martin Logans make (at least from x-over on up), the mids and highs are just really pleasing to my ears, and coming from all the same place with no x-overs anywhere in there to muddle things up (maybe that's just imagined) it just sounds good.
So I remember bookmarking a spot on the web a few months ago called Just Real Music, and he sells ESL panels and all the associated stuff to go with them (transormers, x-overs, etc), for a fairly decent price (compared to retail, a real DIY could do better I'm sure), for instance a price of $945 get's you;
Model-3 16-in. x 48in. ESL Panels oak hardwood frame pair assembled
Bias supply 2.5-kv one pair assembled
M299a ESL transformers pair
ESL 200hz Crossovers a pair assembled
Speaker binding post on crossover board
So all you have to do is add the bass module, I've seen a few options that way, I saw one of the people who have bought from him made a pair of open baffle towers with 8" mid-bass's I believe, the company also sells some di-pole bass drivers, etc.
So my biggest beef with Martin Logans is the transition from the ESL panel to the cone drivers, it seems they've fallen into the same problem that a lot of these speakers fall into in that price range, in that they are trying to do to much with them. The bass just sounds a little to boomy/sloppy for my tastes, so I think they traded a little to much SQ for some extra extension down low, with a DIY setup I could work around that problem.
So has anybody heard of these things? Or better if anybody has heard them, do you think I'll get close to that midrange and highrange detail and clarity that I so love about the Martin Logans? Is there something else worth looking at? I still haven't gone out yet and listened to Maggies, mostly because the local dealer (the only dealer for a long, long way) is one of those make an appointment and we'll have them setup for you, and I don't really want to waste his time for something that I'm not truly serious about (although after I listen to them, that viewpoint may change).
Thoughts?
Andrew
I'd normally curse the total lack of service I get at one of our local high-end chain stores, but this weekend it kind of worked out to my advantage as I got to sit in one of the rooms and play around a little bit. And I still can't help it, but I just love the sound that those Martin Logans make (at least from x-over on up), the mids and highs are just really pleasing to my ears, and coming from all the same place with no x-overs anywhere in there to muddle things up (maybe that's just imagined) it just sounds good.
So I remember bookmarking a spot on the web a few months ago called Just Real Music, and he sells ESL panels and all the associated stuff to go with them (transormers, x-overs, etc), for a fairly decent price (compared to retail, a real DIY could do better I'm sure), for instance a price of $945 get's you;
Model-3 16-in. x 48in. ESL Panels oak hardwood frame pair assembled
Bias supply 2.5-kv one pair assembled
M299a ESL transformers pair
ESL 200hz Crossovers a pair assembled
Speaker binding post on crossover board
So all you have to do is add the bass module, I've seen a few options that way, I saw one of the people who have bought from him made a pair of open baffle towers with 8" mid-bass's I believe, the company also sells some di-pole bass drivers, etc.
So my biggest beef with Martin Logans is the transition from the ESL panel to the cone drivers, it seems they've fallen into the same problem that a lot of these speakers fall into in that price range, in that they are trying to do to much with them. The bass just sounds a little to boomy/sloppy for my tastes, so I think they traded a little to much SQ for some extra extension down low, with a DIY setup I could work around that problem.
So has anybody heard of these things? Or better if anybody has heard them, do you think I'll get close to that midrange and highrange detail and clarity that I so love about the Martin Logans? Is there something else worth looking at? I still haven't gone out yet and listened to Maggies, mostly because the local dealer (the only dealer for a long, long way) is one of those make an appointment and we'll have them setup for you, and I don't really want to waste his time for something that I'm not truly serious about (although after I listen to them, that viewpoint may change).
Thoughts?
Andrew
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