Hi Brandon, These are the only electrostatics I have ever owned so I can only say that they have replaced a pair of ageing Spendor SP1 conventional speakers. I use the high level input from my Musical Fidelity A3.2cr combination and have never tried the line level inputs. Reports/reviews I have read seem to agree that the high level input produces better sound quality given a reasonable quality amplifier. As you may have read, the bass is powered by around 300W class D onboard amplification and the panels by the external amplifier. I am very pleased with sound quality overall but have had to adapt to the poor vertical dispersion of panels.
Hello, how's your ML performing so far?Hi Brandon, These are the only electrostatics I have ever owned so I can only say that they have replaced a pair of ageing Spendor SP1 conventional speakers. I use the high level input from my Musical Fidelity A3.2cr combination and have never tried the line level inputs. Reports/reviews I have read seem to agree that the high level input produces better sound quality given a reasonable quality amplifier. As you may have read, the bass is powered by around 300W class D onboard amplification and the panels by the external amplifier. I am very pleased with sound quality overall but have had to adapt to the poor vertical dispersion of panels.