Opinions on MBL 121's

MBL is certainly not for every taste, but they do some things amazingly well. The 2 strange things about the product line:

1) Do you choose the 121 with the MBL sub or the entry floorstander (116?)? My local dealer emphatically prefers the floorstander. On short audition, I'm not so sure, because

2) Mid bass in the full range systems seems balanced for very large rooms. OTOH, deep bass rolls off at a surprisingly high frequency on all but the biggest floorstanders and systems with their sub.

IMHO, in addition to amp matching, room matching (think very large) is a real challenge with MBL

Good Luck,

Marty

Conservi,

Your room sounds like a good space for MBLs of any stripe.

If you're going to pass on the sub, I would only note that the 121 is very expensive for a speaker with that low-end rolloff point. That seems like it may not be very important to you, though.

Funny thing is that I heard the MBL line in the same LA demo room as Outlier and can see why he loved 'em and why Stringreen hated 'em. A crushing loud electric guitar solo sounded as 3D, reach out and touch it, in the room real as I've ever heard from a stereo. OTOH, mid-bass was considerably overblown to my ear. The classic 2 sides of the coin.

Marty