Due
to COVID-19 I had to part out my system, which I really miss a lot. Considering
rebuilding and as mentioned here numerous times, speakers should be considered
first. I had Martin Logan hybrids (Spires) driven with ample power and really
loved the sound in any room that I placed them. Only downside was they didn’t
do poorly recorded tracks very well (as with many speakers) such as 70/80’s
rock. There was also the "head in the vice" issue that ML’s are known
for and sometimes they were a tad on the bright side, which could have been
those "Rooms". All aside, including the room, if you are familiar
with that ML sound, can anyone recommend a box, planar, electrostatic or open baffle
speaker that will give a similar or better sound as my previous speakers, or
should I just go back to Martin Logan’s? Thing is, ML’s seem to have gone WAY
up in price! The equivalent to the Spires are now $9-$13 grand! (I paid $5K for
demos). Where something like the Spatial Audio M3 Sapphires, Magnepan 3.7’s or
Fritz Carrera 7 BE’s with a couple of subs (all having great reviews) come in
around half of what they want for the ML’s. By the way, I will probably put a
separate (vintage?) system together for rock, so looking to build ML
replacement system to listen mostly to jazz.
Thanks