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I've tried building a few different speaker cables over the years, but I'll admit I don't really know what I'm doing from a technical standpoint. I try DIY approaches I find online and evaluate if it sounds good to me or not. So far, none have been smashing successes. There was that one time...

My room isn't very big and not uniformly shaped. Adding the second 1100X really helped smooth out the bass response. The 1100X's are paired with ML Impression 11A's driven by a McIntosh C2700 tube preamp/MC462 power amp combo.

I've got two ML 1100X's. I just bought two 10' subwoofer cables from Blue Jeans Cables to run from my preamp to the subs. Nicely made. Solid connectors. About $40 a piece. Personally, I wouldn't spend a whole lot more than that on a subwoofer cable. I'm not saying cables don't matter, but in the...

Very interesting issue. I don't know how much I can help, but I'm interested to see how this progresses. It does seem like some kind of power issue with the 11A's bass modules. It doesn't seem like a bass null issue. I've never known nulls to just appear at louder volumes. They're usually...

If there's an actual audible (frequency response) difference, that should be measurable. But quantifying any measurable difference into better or worse is highly subjective. And then there's measuring/quantifying the proverbial "PRaT". IMO, a fool's errand.

I've had my AVM 60 for just shy of 6 years. Haven't had any issues except for a very rarely occurring system glitch where the unit got locked up and required a hard restart (unplug, plug back in). Happened maybe 2 or 3 times over the course of 6 years. I use mine almost daily, upwards of 5-6...

@JonFo Dang that's purdy! (y) Always in awe of your setup. Incredible! I think you may have written about it in a different thread previously, but can you tell me more about the purple glowing panel between the two other panels? That looks super cool. Is it just decorative, or is it also...

That room is roughly the same size as my room, maybe just a tad smaller than mine, so it was always a pretty good location for me to audition in. If something sounded good there, it was likely to sound good in my room. I'm sure if I had asked someone about the 15's they would have been happy...

I was in Abt a couple weeks ago. Went in specifically to listen to and compare the 15's side-by-side with 13's. The 15's they used to have in the one demo room hooked up to the McIntosh mono's were gone, replaced by (I think) a pair of B&W's. I strolled around for about 20 minutes, couldn't...

I've tried a couple different things from small tabletop torchiere lamps to LED puck lights. I didn't like the looks of anything I tried that illuminated from behind the panel. I ended up installing some ceiling track lighting in front of where the speakers sit and getting color...

Thank you for sharing the story about your brother. I'm so sorry for your loss. But it's so awesome that you guys got to share the audio journey for awhile. Those are memories you'll always have. I lost my older brother earlier this year, and he's the one I credit with getting me into hi-fi...

Yup, that certainly could be. Mine was a 2013 and was the first year that required DEF. It was a beautiful truck. It's just too bad it had the issues it had. Otherwise I'd likely still have it. But yes, back to the topic of ML prices. I was drawn to ML stats because I honestly felt the...

My experience was the opposite with respect to Chrysler and Acura products. I bought a brand new RAM 3500 dually about 10 years ago. It developed a major electrical issue after 4 months. Wouldn't even start. Un-driveable. Had to be towed away on a flatbed. Spent 22 days in the shop being...

This is great advice! Just went through a bit of a rationalization activity myself. I was on the fence about upgrading my 11's to 13's or 15's and was tentatively planning for early next year. But, I had told myself if ML announced a price increase this year, I was going to do it this year...

I'm with you. Especially when you consider they just did a 10% increase across the board less than a year ago. So we're looking at prices that will be anywhere from 15% to 37% higher than they were at this time last year. That's kind of crazy. Where I live, I don't think ML ESL's are exactly...

Can you share the specific Masterpiece models that are going up?

I can't speak to how well the new Anthem AVM 70/90 models handle multiple subs, but with my AVM 60, I have to agree. I'm using a miniDSP 2X4HD with REW-generated curves to calibrate dual subs and it produces far better results than I got with ARC. That said, I do use ARC for the sub sections...

Not to take this thread too far off track, but can you share some more info about your experience with the REL's? I've been considering getting a pair of 1508's to replace an aging Velodyne DD15. What speakers do you have yours paired with? I'd be pairing them with 11A's for dual duty...

Longtime AVM 60 user. I've been very happy with it. It was a huge upgrade over the Yamaha Aventage AVR that it replaced. At that time, the ARC version was ARC 2, and it was noticeably better than the other packages I'd used up to that point (YPAO, MCACC, Audyssey, etc.) ARC Genesis had some...

Same disclaimer as above -- this is to MY ears: Hearing 15A's run off of MC2301 tube mono's is what made me fall in love with ML's and McIntosh. But I will say in my experience not all McIntosh amps are a good match for ML panels. I'm currently using a McIntosh MA352 hybrid tube integrated...