electrostatic with detail?


A little help from the audiophile nation please. Recently I have been shopping for an upgrade to an Aerial 7b, Loved the martin logan request soundstage, loved the Thiel 6 detail, and disliked the absense of detail on the logans and the lack of air on the Thiels. (I find the 7b's a little too laid back, especially in the treble.) Any suggestions please? Price point of 5-8k give or take.
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I don't disagree with much that has been said, and particularly agree with Johnsonwu. In particular, MLs are very fussy as regards setup. Poorly setup they usually sound indistinct from the mids on up. They MUST be firmly spiked to the floor. You MUST experiment with forward tilt to get higher frequencies in focus. You MUST have a uniform and uncluttered front wall. If you deal with these issues and the rest of your system is up to it, then you will get lots of detail - more naturally presented than any Thiel. But I agree with Audiokinesis that the ML is bested by the Soundlabs.