Doogle
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Hi good folks of this great forum. I am Barry from Cape Town, South Africa, and have just acquired a set of Aerius i at a good price, but with an unknown history! Elec are from March 1999, and panels from Jan 2002.
I am running them via a Prima Luna Prologue 3 preamp into two Antique Sound Labs Monsoon II valve monoblocks.
Been listening for a couple of days now, have read nearly every thread on this forum, and tried to do a lot of research into ML's and their idiocyncrisies.
Gave them a good vacuum and played around with placement, but they still sound rather boomy and lifeless, with very restrained mids and highs and diffuse soundstage. The stators seem quite clean, with no major spotting.
Here's the thing - had some non-audio friends round last night, who have no idea of stats and were fascinated with the dipolar effect of sound coming out of the rear of the panels. One commented that the sound coming out of the rear was nicer than from the front. Thought he was kidding, and in fun, turned them round the wrong way with the fronts facing the wall.
Hell, they sounded MUCH better, with much cleaner mids, and tops , with more punch and less boomy bass!!!!! And more focussed image.
Now, would this indicate that they are dirtier than I thought and need a shower, or is there some problem with the way the panels are wired in that they "pull" instead of "push" when a signal is applied????
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! BTW, there dont seem to be any parts of the panels that are not producing sound - its spread evenly.
Thanks and once again, thks for the forum.
Rgds, Barry
I am running them via a Prima Luna Prologue 3 preamp into two Antique Sound Labs Monsoon II valve monoblocks.
Been listening for a couple of days now, have read nearly every thread on this forum, and tried to do a lot of research into ML's and their idiocyncrisies.
Gave them a good vacuum and played around with placement, but they still sound rather boomy and lifeless, with very restrained mids and highs and diffuse soundstage. The stators seem quite clean, with no major spotting.
Here's the thing - had some non-audio friends round last night, who have no idea of stats and were fascinated with the dipolar effect of sound coming out of the rear of the panels. One commented that the sound coming out of the rear was nicer than from the front. Thought he was kidding, and in fun, turned them round the wrong way with the fronts facing the wall.
Hell, they sounded MUCH better, with much cleaner mids, and tops , with more punch and less boomy bass!!!!! And more focussed image.
Now, would this indicate that they are dirtier than I thought and need a shower, or is there some problem with the way the panels are wired in that they "pull" instead of "push" when a signal is applied????
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! BTW, there dont seem to be any parts of the panels that are not producing sound - its spread evenly.
Thanks and once again, thks for the forum.
Rgds, Barry
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