David Prall
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Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I just bought my first pair of Martin Logan speakers. Prior to these. my speakers were DCM Time Windows III's. ...I originally bought the DCM speakers cause I enjoyed the "spacious" sound compared to the standard speaker. But after noticing the different look of the Martin Logan line, I decided to do a little research. I checked the web for info, and came upon this club. I did a lot of reading here, checked out a link for a review, and then decided I had to audition a pair. Besides, the DCM's were getting a bit long in the tooth at about 17 years old. My wallet isn't very happy about it, but my ears are. I bought a pair of the Vantage speakers this past weekend, and I's STILL auditioning them. :-D ....no pictures yet, but this is my current system.Yamaha RX-V1600 Receiver (for pre-amp/tuner function)
Krell KAV 400xi (an integrated amp I'm using just as an amplifier. I was going to get a more affordable Rotel, but the salesman convinced me that the Rotel would not sound as warm as the Krell. Though he did offer to sell me HIS Rotel which was 2 models up from the one I was looking at, and for less than I'd pay for the one I originally selected if I still wanted one. But he said he was confident I wouldn't like the sound quite as much. He was even nice enough to let me borrow it to compare if I wished. But I suspect he would have been right... AND I wanted to get those speakers HOME! hehe)
Denon DVD-2910 (to play CD's/SACD's: it was reasonably priced and got me a better DAC to reduce sibilance, and it plays DVD-A as well, although I don't want to mix the Logans with the surrounds I have.)
Not as "high-end" as many of the systems here, but my first and probably for awhile deepest enty into the audiophile world. THis was more than just a little taxing on the budget. Still, the clarity, stage, and wow factor for me has made listening to music amazingly enjoyable again. I never realized just how much detail was missing til I had this pair of speakers and a decent amplifier. Unfortunately, except for one friend in particular, the rest of the crowd and family would think I'd lost my mind spending so much money on a "stereo".
But the funny part is that my wife not only agreed that they sounded great, she was the one that insisted on getting the Krell Amp right away cause of the "awesome difference" it made over just connecting them to the Yamaha. {I got them at Tweeter, which I know isn't a favorite vendor here, but I was able to get the displays which saved me some break-in time, and they gave me 10% off. They even threw in a nice Monster power director and, for my wife, a nice IPOD dock that displays on the video screen. This was amazing cause they gave them to us the day after as a surprise, even though they'd already made the sale and had no incentive to throw them in! Oh, and did I mention the free delivery? They called someone in who had a truck and brought them to the house (in their original boxes of course) by truck at 11 PM the night we bought them.}
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