I dont know if I qualify all that well to comment on such a topic, but here goes.
First off I do not own the Prodigys, but a close friend of mine has had a pair for about 4 months. I have been fortunate enough to be able to listen to them for hours upon hours with both music and Home-theater during the past four months. Over the weekend I had a conversation with my friend about my recent experiences in auditioning some Classe amps at a local dealer paired with the ML Prodigys. I told him Had I been there to buy a pair of Prodigys I would have been very disappointed. With the set up they had Classe CAM350s, Classe SSP-75 I thought great set up, but to my surprise the Prodigys sound was thin and lacking detail no bass slam. I was concern that the room acoustics were inadequate due to some recent re-construction taking place. (I.e.: The front wall behind the speakers was just un-taped sheet rock). Obviously there were some flaws. I dont think I could attribute the sound to just that though. None the less I walked away disappointed with both the amps and the speakers. Especially knowing what I know.
At my friends house the MLs matched with a Classe CA401, Theta Casablanca II for Home-theater and Bluecircle tube preamp for music. The music the MLs produces is amazing. Very airy and transparent with very good slam when needed. His dedicated room is on the second floor, which allows for a raise floor instead of slab floor that the dealers use. This I have found to attribute quite a bit to the lower end effect of a system. The MLs sounded great in Home-theater applications as well, but then again the remaining system has a lot to do with it.
Also to answer Gerrys question about using a Velodyne. My friend uses two HGS18s in his big @22WX34 room. Just for kicks we used them in music mode. Even with the volume levels at 2 the bass was bit excessive, but controlled. I really feel that with the 800 watts@4ohms coming from the Classe 401 made the ML sound awesome.
Just my .2 cents.
Jim
First off I do not own the Prodigys, but a close friend of mine has had a pair for about 4 months. I have been fortunate enough to be able to listen to them for hours upon hours with both music and Home-theater during the past four months. Over the weekend I had a conversation with my friend about my recent experiences in auditioning some Classe amps at a local dealer paired with the ML Prodigys. I told him Had I been there to buy a pair of Prodigys I would have been very disappointed. With the set up they had Classe CAM350s, Classe SSP-75 I thought great set up, but to my surprise the Prodigys sound was thin and lacking detail no bass slam. I was concern that the room acoustics were inadequate due to some recent re-construction taking place. (I.e.: The front wall behind the speakers was just un-taped sheet rock). Obviously there were some flaws. I dont think I could attribute the sound to just that though. None the less I walked away disappointed with both the amps and the speakers. Especially knowing what I know.
At my friends house the MLs matched with a Classe CA401, Theta Casablanca II for Home-theater and Bluecircle tube preamp for music. The music the MLs produces is amazing. Very airy and transparent with very good slam when needed. His dedicated room is on the second floor, which allows for a raise floor instead of slab floor that the dealers use. This I have found to attribute quite a bit to the lower end effect of a system. The MLs sounded great in Home-theater applications as well, but then again the remaining system has a lot to do with it.
Also to answer Gerrys question about using a Velodyne. My friend uses two HGS18s in his big @22WX34 room. Just for kicks we used them in music mode. Even with the volume levels at 2 the bass was bit excessive, but controlled. I really feel that with the 800 watts@4ohms coming from the Classe 401 made the ML sound awesome.
Just my .2 cents.
Jim