Upgrade from Martin Logan Sequel II's to ????????

Thanks audphile1, There is a Dealer 10 min off of my commute in Saratoga. I will set something up.

soix, I'm not sure what exactly I am looking for sound wise. Something is missing.

jsalerno277, I agree on the DAC and the way I stream. Still not that happy with vinyl as well. If and when I do a speaker upgrade, the DAC and Phono Pre will be next.

tablejockey I not really sure I am a panel fan. I stumbled across them and wanted to give them a try. I will look into the ART 9. That was on the roster last year.

yogiboy as for the speakers you recommended, there is a dealer in Sacramento down the street where I used to live. I will set something up with him soon. I know the place.

jhnnrrs, I was thinking the same thing. I like the way Julie London's voice sounds on the panels. The Liberty Label Recordings sounded pretty good. If you are a Boomer or Gen X'er you should read the story of the Executives at Liberty. Pretty good story. Other Generations will not understand.

Thanks everyone for the great ideas. Please keep them coming.

I think you’re going to like ATC. One other speaker that I can think of that does the mids really well but needs careful matching is B&W. May be the older 804D3 is within your budget. They do love high quality power though. Don’t listen to all the B&W haters out there. Check them out. Easy to audition the newest series in best buy. Nay be even listen to 703 S2. 

I am the ATC importer to the us so I am horribly biased. But I do have a many many years of selling high end  audio in stores and also I have learned a lot working for different loudspeaker companies.  I was a big fan of Maggie’s back in the day.  
 

Panel speakers- dipoles- are the most room dependent speakers you can buy.  Dipoles are ALL about the room.  In a great room where the speakers are placed right (large spaces with lots of space in front and back) they can be glorious.  They can work in small spaces but it’s rare. C

”box” speakers are designed for “half spaces”, or a normal room with speakers placed on one end.   This is usually easier to make work as you aren’t dealing with output in two different directions.  Acoustics are extremely complex and much harder than any other part of home audio.   It’s fine to take this on if you love science, but for most of us, figuring out the rest of the system is hard enough!  
 

My suggestion is to find a way to try a pair of good box speakers in your room. If it’s ATC, something like the new scm20a would tell you need to know. 
 

brad

Open Baffle speakers:

- Caladan

- Spatial Audio

- Pure Audio Project

These do show up on the used market from time to time too.

Thanks lonemountain

At one time I was even thinking of covering the back of the Martin Logan panels just to hear the difference. I also have a pair of Maggies but they came unglued and I have not listened to them in 15 years.

Since your are a distributor, where are you located?