Monolith

[theWB]

Wayne,

Congratulations on the Summits! Do you know if the upgrade will be by mail to factory or a DIY kit? I imagine (hope) there will be something similar for the Vantages.

Thanks Dave,
The upgrade will be a DIY kit.
Haven't heard anything about the Vantage yet.

 

[JonFo]

... Are new panels for the Monoliths the same as the old ones or are they improved?I would love to get ahold of a Bryston 10B crossover and bypass the stock ones.If the improvement is as great as advertised,it may be a fair fight against the Summits. ...

Horchem1972, the new panels are the same basic design, but the materials and assembly process have improved a good bit.
The change from my old ones to the new was immediate improvement across the spectrum, and got better during break-in over the following month or two.
A really good value at $950 for a pair of panels.

For Monolith active crossovers, the only non-tunable x-over I'd recommend is the ML Exos, other x-overs, even though having adjustable crossover points and other tweaks, lack the proper EQ controls.

A DBX DriveRack 260 is the ideal modern tool for this, and a very, very nice one is for sale in our classifieds, and what do you know, comes pre-configured for a Monolith

 

[TrumpetDoug]

Summits

In talking to Shawn at DaVinci today, he told me the same thing about the Summit X upgrade being $1,500. He also said that he was hearing the retail on the Summit X's will be around $15,000 and the only change from the Summit will be the crossover. So for $8,400 I could have myself some Summit X's a savings of $6,600.

As of this morning Shawn had one pair of Dark Cherry Summits left. Can't believe someone hasn't jumped on this yet.

Would love to have a pair, but right now I can think of over 6,000 reasons why not (unfortunately)

Big Congrats on picking them up Wayne. I would love to hear them.

Doug - out

 

[wallacefl]

:drool:

..... because they are the coolest speaker ML has ever made. They have a presence without even firing them up.

Completely objective assesment of course.

Kevin

just wish they would revive them..sorta a Summit +1.

 

[PiXeL]

One reson to go for them: They are big!

They make an SL3 look tiny

Holy F***!
Thats insane man!
I hadd no idea that they were that huge!
I have never seen them in real life.

Awwww, i want a pair...
I can use my Sequel's as surround speakers!

 

[JonFo]

Holy F***!
Thats insane man!
I hadd no idea that they were that huge!
I have never seen them in real life.

Awwww, i want a pair...
I can use my Sequel's as surround speakers!

Pretty mind-blowing, isn't it?

And hey, some of the worlds best systems feature Sequels as rears

I even remeber Fabios Statement (e1) system used Sequels as the side speakers. His rears were a set Infinity IRS V's (the huge two piece ones).
All placed in the worlds worst echo chamber of a room. A sin frankly to all the great gear he had.