And the winner is--- 116, no wait it is the 121


So I thought since the 116 is priced a little to high for me and hardly shows up used on gon I would give the little brother a listen, the 121.
It was very very good, shockingly since I heard it before at a private home and didin't care for it, obviously a mismatch with either room or equipment.
So to those familiar with the mbl, I ask- should I stick it out and hope for a 116 to show up. I remember falling head over heels for the 116, there was nothing at all I desired more from the 116. The 121 is very good, but didn't give the same exact impression, is it possible with careful setup and subs added later on to get that same oh so awesome experience with the 121? The 101 also sound awesome to me.
By the way my present room is 11' x 15' kinda small for the 101 e's and I am not going to stick the 101 x's because it goes against my architects taste it'll conceal the curtains otherwise oh who am I kidding I couldn't even afford an architect but if I could I wouldn't have one because that would cut into my audionervosa spending and we can't have that.
pedrillo

Showing 2 responses by pedrillo

Today a friend of mine an audiophile, who I must admit is a little non-conformist and tends to say the opposite of what I say at times, but has very good hearing- you see Tom I give you credit when it is due, oh and sorry about the non-conformist thing I am an expert since I am the biggest noncomformist but remember how much I read about health and understand it is a bloodtype b thing so I understand our little thing never mind we won't talk about it in front of others good thing nobody is reading this.
Any way he said he loved the 121 alot ALOT, imagine if he heard the 101 e's. And this is someone who finds fault in most speaker designs. He even told me I should buy them, I was a bit shocked. I have been talking about mbl's for years, i wish he would have listened but he is a little hard of hearing, just kidding maybe a little stubborn. That's why we are such good friends.
I realize today again I will be happiest with the omni sound.
Another option if it is available :
http://64.233.169.132/search?q=cache:PEnHfRJbrcwJ:www.stereotimes.com/CES08CPD.shtml+bolzano+villetri+tweeters+driver&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=33&gl=us