I am a retired Engineer living in Austin TX (I moved to the US 32 years ago), who worked in software, electronics and loudspeaker (Leak and Wharfedale) design. I have been a so called "Hi Fi" enthusiast for many, many years.
I upgraded from my beloved Spendor BC 1s around 1996 and have listened to my SL 3s ever since. I currently own several systems including a pair of Martin Logan SL3s with two separate (left and right) Martin Logan subs (the built in bass units are a little under whelming at times and I supplement them with the ML subs). Driven by a Krell KAV 300i amp (which has served me well over the years and has had all the capacitors replaced). Sources are currently a Cambridge Audio CD AZUR 351c player and CXN Network Player. An old but reliable Thorens Turntable serves for my vinyl collection. This system is for my more serious listening
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I have a separate multimedia system with a Rotel RMB 1075 power amp, Marantz AV 8806 preprocessor and Monitor Audio speakers with an MK sub. My equipment is pretty old but still sounds good to me and I have simply added new front ends to cope with the new digital sources I have (I have a central music server which contains most of my 10,000 plus CD collection). I have yet to invest in Spatial Audio as this requires some investment in power amps and speakers. My current system still sounds very good to me, but occasionally I would like to experiment with some of the new spatial formats. This all supports a 77" LG OLED TV.
For casual listening I have 8 Apple Home pods and a pair of Sonos ERA 300s and ERA 100s around the house. I use Airplay for casual listening. As you can tell I take my audio quite seriously (my wife once laughed when I traded a BMW we had for a newer one because the sound system in the old one sounded terrible).
I discovered this forum by accident after many years of ML ownership and look forward to sharing and reading about other owner systems and experiences.
I upgraded from my beloved Spendor BC 1s around 1996 and have listened to my SL 3s ever since. I currently own several systems including a pair of Martin Logan SL3s with two separate (left and right) Martin Logan subs (the built in bass units are a little under whelming at times and I supplement them with the ML subs). Driven by a Krell KAV 300i amp (which has served me well over the years and has had all the capacitors replaced). Sources are currently a Cambridge Audio CD AZUR 351c player and CXN Network Player. An old but reliable Thorens Turntable serves for my vinyl collection. This system is for my more serious listening
. I have a separate multimedia system with a Rotel RMB 1075 power amp, Marantz AV 8806 preprocessor and Monitor Audio speakers with an MK sub. My equipment is pretty old but still sounds good to me and I have simply added new front ends to cope with the new digital sources I have (I have a central music server which contains most of my 10,000 plus CD collection). I have yet to invest in Spatial Audio as this requires some investment in power amps and speakers. My current system still sounds very good to me, but occasionally I would like to experiment with some of the new spatial formats. This all supports a 77" LG OLED TV.
For casual listening I have 8 Apple Home pods and a pair of Sonos ERA 300s and ERA 100s around the house. I use Airplay for casual listening. As you can tell I take my audio quite seriously (my wife once laughed when I traded a BMW we had for a newer one because the sound system in the old one sounded terrible).
I discovered this forum by accident after many years of ML ownership and look forward to sharing and reading about other owner systems and experiences.
