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What's your Budget? I'd consider the second hand market, and look at non-module-based, non-bridged offerings. I'm thinking Anthem MCA 30 or 325; Bryston 8B-ST, etc. Russ

Something you MIGHT consider (it would be good to get some feedback from other members) is looking at a used Anthem MRX receiver (500, 510, 520.. newest is 540); or 700,710,720)... They are from Anthem (part of the same group (Paradig) that owns ML, tho' the MRX range is manufactured off-shore...

I'm not sure if Emotiva or anyone else has a "30-day return" policy, or anything like that, but it might not be necessary... here's my thought process: If you buy a 2 or 3-channel amp (I say 3 because it is far more likely to "tune" nicely when setting up for multi-channel listening), and your...

Woofers don't always age well, but are not expensive (couple 100 $$$ or so for pretty good ones). A bigger decision will be whether to rejuvenate the crossover (X-Over) circuits, or to go to an Active, bi-amp scenario... not as scary as it sounds, and if you have an amp that can handle the ESLs...

Is your obsession kicking in about the washing, or the fact that wine/chemicals were involved...? Reason I ask, is when I'd had my first MLs (Pair of Aerius I bought 2nd hand in ~2000) a couple of years, one developed an occasional "ticking"... Ron @ ML told me to shower with the panels and...

Matter of interest, was your Theater functioning properly? I bought a second-hand one, and the tweeters were fried, and the panel not doing so great. eBay seller was very gracious and refunded me most of my money. I had bought replacement mids, and was about to order ML replacement tweeters...

Been there, done that... now it's the cat's turn...

On the older devices, after shutting everything down and allowing for dangerous charges to dissipate, I'd take my beloved panels into the shower with me. For newer series, I have no idea how feasible that is, how the speakers disassemble, etc. With complex fluids (like wine, some cleaners...

I use $2.00/foot 10 gauge OFC wire from wherever I can get it. Without getting into the religion of $10,000 cables, I still can't hear the difference... and I CAN STILL hear those silly "teen ringtones" that are supposedly above the detectable frequency of my aging ears... go figure...

I was with you until the 6 kg bit. While D-Class (in pretty much any configuration) are fine for the low frequencies/woofers, I'm not at all sold on D-Class switch-mode power supplies handling ESL Panel "antics" at high frequencies. To my (old) way of thinking, gimme big ol' transformers and...

Been in a bit of a funk recently, ended up hunting through some of my ripped albums over the weekend. A couple of perennials (for me)... Stanley Clark/George Duke - Clark Duke Project - Wild Dog... even some "Louis, Louis" Marillion - Fugazi - Assassing, Misplaced Childood - Pseudo Silk Kimono...

I haven't looked at this for a while, but there were some pretty neat networking tricks between windows-based gaming PCs and Xboxes... couldn't you just get a 1-generation old Xbox, use the now-local Xbox (with mean MF graphics & sound capabilities built in), have that connected up to TV &...

From my perspective (and this is all incredibly subjective), if I was faced with a potential bill of $500 or so to replace X-over components, and ASSUMING I could get away with just ONE additional amplifier to go active (like a 2nd hand Crown with built in low- or band-pass filters for $500), I...

I've always wodered about this... how much do those components cost?

@RAH - any environmental considerations? Smokers or fossil-powered heating?

So, is this a vaulted-ceiling space? Construction type (stud/sheet-rock, flagstones, 11th century cathedral...)? You might be having slightly over-optimistic expectations of bookshelf speakers in that setting. Even with multple pairs, establishing a "sweet-spot" and time-correcting for all...

Interesting... Alan Parson's presence isn't going to get me to sell my home to buy a pair, BUT my MLs do spend a large percentage of overall listening time taking in Parson's numerous albums!

I still stand by my SS Class A B amps with big power supplies... Bryston, Anthem, etc. It's just a personal thing, and I have been accused of having an analytical / clinical mind, but I DON'T want to hear adjectives like "warmth" "smooth", etc. applied to amplification. I want to hear the...

Thanks, DanR. My taking the diagram too literally is more based on my trying to figure out the tuning of, (and signals presented to) the 2 bass drivers and their respective enclosures (taking into account volumes, resonant frequencies, etc.). If The ML BF design (and its forebears, which I...