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Google is (y)our friend... https://www.stereophile.com/content/martinlogan-monolith-loudspeaker-specifications

...and talented! Here are 12 examples... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-songs.html Apparently short term illness.

Nice to see someone else running CLXs in less than a huge room. 👍 Like me it appears you have plenty of diffraction with stuff in the room. I am guessing it sounds great. I too have a round table between CLXs and catbird seat. Might I suggest putting a round rug on the table top to reduce...

I would strongly recommend auditioning one of the Anticables offerings. Just like the Pass and ML, a marriage made in heaven, IMHO. YMMV

Where is Sherborn?

You are more than welcome. I have been running various models of Martin Logan speakers with numerous Pass Labs amplifiers for the past 25+ years and consider them a marriage made for audio nirvana. Good luck with your quest, Steven.

Given your budget, I would recommend the PASS INT-60 integrated amp... https://www.stereophile.com/content/pass-laboratories-int-60-integrated-amplifier...

My Synergy 703 is probably that vintage as well. Synergy Model 703 - Salamander Designs Both CLXs and 703 are all black and Synergy perf doors and side look great with perf of speakers.

Yes, they have (always) been on the pricey side but like all else audio...relative. Might be worth giving them a jingle to ask about "gray stock".

I have some of the original Salamander Designs...40 inch stacked on a 30 inch with perforated metal doors and side panels. All black so I have 3 "monolithic" structures including the CLXs in my listening room. Nice thing about racks is that shelf width is 20+ inches with infinitely adjustable...

Food for thought... https://kenrockwell.com/audio/stereo-subwoofers.htm https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/all-you-wanted-know-about-subwoofers MORE in depth ;-) https://www.avsforum.com/threads/localizability-of-bass-frequencies-in-rooms.3205312/

I find that 3 subs increases the sense of immersion into the soundspace! My 3rd sub is located behind the listening position and set to be "just" on.

The sliders with a carpeted side work great on wood floors and the smooth plastic sided work great on carpet. My CLXs are two heavy aluminum plates which in turn have smooth sliders underneath making for easy placement adjustment.

Just my 2 cents... A number of articles I have read suggest that ESLs perform better with amps that can supply current well rather than just watts. I firmly believe that this is why even the lower powered Pass amps, e.g., 60 watt, do so well with Martin Logans.

One of the most amazing demonstrations was at a New York Audio show many years ago. Speakers were the Martin Logan Statements but not sure which iteration. System was powered by two stacks of SA12E amps...IIRC 8 or 10 total. Demo track was a Nagra digital tape recording of a thunderstorm which...

I use JRiver Music Center for audio file management and it has built-in DR analysis capability, This thread gives options for both MS and MAC... https://gearspace.com/board/mastering-forum/920508-offline-dr-rms-meter-mac.html

Just my 2cents but another contributing factor to listening "pain" is the dynamic range (DR) of the recording. I have found that recordings with DRs of 5, 4, or 3 can be painful to listen to, e.g., Madonna's "Finally Enough..." recent release which probably averages a DR of 6 but has tracks as...

If you like me are not interested in the smart lamp option for whatever reason, I thought a couple of these attached to the CLX "wings" might be a reasonable option... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CV3DNXV/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A4TUJZCV2BU3L&psc=1 with these for power...

IMHO, hardwiring the component directly to the source makes no sense to me even if just for the convenience standpoint of changing/replacing never mind the inability to shut off power in the event of smoke escaping from the box! Since it is unlikely that the circuit breaker would be in close...

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