System #533 (EM-ESL)

[Lotus78]

1. Member Name: Larry S.


2. Location: Charlotte NC


3. ML Model(s): ESL


4. Year Purchased: 2016


5. Mods/Changes: none


6. Associated Electronics:

Adcom GFA 5500 Power Amp
Oppo Sonica DAC
Rotel RCD-1072 CD Player
Music Hall Turntable
Rotel RQ-970BX Phono Peramp
SVS PC12-Plus Sub
Woo Audio WA6 Headphone Amp
HiFi Man HE-500 Headphones
Insignia Windows 10 2 in 1 to stream Tidal

 

[twich54]

Larry, welcome to the fold ........

 

[Lotus78]

Year and a half later some changes:

Peachtree Nova 150 Integrated amp/DAC

Pioneer PL 12 turntable

Blue Sound Node streamer.

Basic and simple 2.0 system

 

[sleepysurf]

Sweet! Very clever front wall diffusors!

 

[Brad225]

Looks good. Alan and I may need to come over with a cork screw to tune your diffusor though.

 

[sleepysurf]

Looks good. Alan and I may need to come over with a cork screw to tune your diffusor though.

Actually, Brad, that's not MY setup! I was replying to the OP, Lotus78! However, I plan to host a Suncoast Audiophile Society "Mini-Meet" end of Sept or early Oct, and will make sure we have at least one wine bottle to uncork!

 

[Brad225]

I realize it was Lotus's setup Alan. The second sentence, was where we would help tune his system by you and me altering the level of wine in each bottle.

 

[sleepysurf]

Oops! Misread your post!

 

[twich54]

Year and a half later some changes:

Peachtree Nova 150 Integrated amp/DAC

Pioneer PL 12 turntable

Blue Sound Node streamer.

Basic and simple 2.0 system

very good Larry, looks much better without the sub in the middle 'muddying up' everything. I assume you're happier going back to a 2.0 set up ?

 

[Lotus78]

Maybe the record for the longest time between for reply. Yes happy with 2.0

Current Set up

Mini DSP SHO Power and a Laptop that is about it.

 

[Lotus78]

It’s been a while. Two major things have happened in my two-channel room over the last year and a half.



1st the Martin Logans have been replaced by Philharmonic BMR monitors

2nd The flood.

The Rebuild:

New Equipment:

Minidsp Flex
Benchmark AHB2 Amp.

BMR Monitors

New Lighting

Added misc. stuff

Eight months in some flooring

It is finally starting to sound like a proper HiFi room.

Still qualifying as a ML owner because The Logans found a happy home in our "Media" room.

This is a 2.0 theater/desktop system (my office is a desk on the opposite wall of the speakers) using the Minidsp Power for the ML and Topping DX3 Pro+ for headphones (HiFiman SE-500). Sources are Windows PC, Roku and a Sony Blu-ray DVD, yes video switching is a manual process. The ML sound fantastic in this room. Even off axis they present such a large soundstage that not only is this a great room for movies but for audio also. Dirac Live is used for DSP with the Harmon curve as the target which is also used in the audio only room.