MotorToad
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Member Name: Steven F
Location: NW Florida and/or south Alabama
ML Model(s): Sequel
Year Purchased: 2007
Mods/Changes: None
Associated Electronics:
At the moment... Carver TFM-42 [was NAD 2100 amplifier], B&K Pro 5 preamp, Fisher R-200 tube tuner (Dad bought it in '64 or '66!), ADCOM GTP-350 preamp/tuner and ACE-515 fancy power strip, Pioneer CDJ-700S (very temporary) CD player.
Comments and/or stories about your Martin Logan experience:
I had shopped heavily for electrostatic speakers in the early '90s before I found a pair of Mirage M-490s for cheap (they were the biggest Mirage made that weren't bipolar) that I've been very happy with up to now. The other speakers I was shopping at the time were Acoustat hybrids (I think the 1+1?) or the Infinity Kappa 6 or 7. I fell in love with the electrostatic clarity and imaging but couldn't afford them in either cash or space requirements.
I came into these speakers through a friend that works at a shop that sells nicer audio stuff, a customer's wife said they had to go because they're too big and he was "replacing" them with some Paradigms, IIRC. The poor, poor man!
These Sequels are, as best as I can remember, the first M-Ls I've actually listened to. I listened to them briefly before I bought them but to be honest it was not so much an audition as it was just to make sure they produced noise from all the bits that were intended to and not from any of the other bits!
None of my friends here have been exposed to any real audio systems nicer than my wee Mirages, and they're initially very put off by the size of these, but not a single listener has failed to be astonished by the accuracy of the sound. I'm still trying to get them placed properly, and trying to explain to people why they have to be out near the middle of the room... people just don't "get it."
I need better source components, though. I traded my turntable temporarily for some home-brewing equipment, and my NAD CD player went mammaries-skyward a few months ago. I'm also thinking I might want to go bigger in the amp department. The NAD is rated for 60 Wpc and even though the NAD's Watts are bigger and more useful than the department store brands', I think bi-amping with a bigger NAD for the woofers might be in the future. Or, there are a lot of Carvers on ebay...
Location: NW Florida and/or south Alabama
ML Model(s): Sequel
Year Purchased: 2007
Mods/Changes: None
Associated Electronics:
At the moment... Carver TFM-42 [was NAD 2100 amplifier], B&K Pro 5 preamp, Fisher R-200 tube tuner (Dad bought it in '64 or '66!), ADCOM GTP-350 preamp/tuner and ACE-515 fancy power strip, Pioneer CDJ-700S (very temporary) CD player.
Comments and/or stories about your Martin Logan experience:
I had shopped heavily for electrostatic speakers in the early '90s before I found a pair of Mirage M-490s for cheap (they were the biggest Mirage made that weren't bipolar) that I've been very happy with up to now. The other speakers I was shopping at the time were Acoustat hybrids (I think the 1+1?) or the Infinity Kappa 6 or 7. I fell in love with the electrostatic clarity and imaging but couldn't afford them in either cash or space requirements.
I came into these speakers through a friend that works at a shop that sells nicer audio stuff, a customer's wife said they had to go because they're too big and he was "replacing" them with some Paradigms, IIRC. The poor, poor man!
None of my friends here have been exposed to any real audio systems nicer than my wee Mirages, and they're initially very put off by the size of these, but not a single listener has failed to be astonished by the accuracy of the sound. I'm still trying to get them placed properly, and trying to explain to people why they have to be out near the middle of the room... people just don't "get it."
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