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| Jazz Recommendations Sugarbrie, I'm always on the lookout for (1) good music and (2) the same good music in HDCD. What label is the HDCD release on? Thanks. By the way, I second "Kind of Blue" as another must have. | |
| Opinions on Meitner MTR-101 Amps??? Oooooops... Rackon, sorry to be so presumptuous. Being an audio guy, I guess making dumb mistakes goes with the territory. Actually, it's not that I found so little to fault with the Meitners, I found nothing to fault. Love these amps. They just s... | |
| Opinions on Meitner MTR-101 Amps??? You are a lucky man and made a damn, damn good choice. These are such good amps, will drive anything and look wonderful, too. Enjoy. PS I assume, since they are monos you will place them as close as possible to your speakers. If not, although Meit... | |
| BAT or Sonic Frontiers w/ Martin Logans? I also recommend the Mod3 which I've been using for 7 years now. Great phono section for the $$ if you need this. Two points, though: (1) Get rid of the Sovteks. Out of necessity manufacturers have to source tubes that are readily available in qua... | |
| Opinions on Meitner MTR-101 Amps??? Getting in late on this but if the Meitner's you purchased are in wood cabinets and have round, cylindrical heat sinks on the back, you just bought amazing amps. More amazing still at their price. These are some of the best "little" amps I've ever... | |
| Amplifier for Martin Logan Requests Hiflyer, Have a Baron (using matched 5881's)with the tri-tube mod (you can just plug in 5881's, EL34's or KT99's and set the bias accordingly). I don't have the soft-start feature on my amp, the standby mode is just fine and I have heard reports o... | |
| Which Speaker in the 4-6K Range? Hi Pops, Haven't heard the Ascents yet, but they are heavily based on Prodigy design. I stay in touch with the guys at Martin Logan and even they debate whether this is better than the SL3. Comes down to personal taste, like most things. Dealers I... | |
| Which Speaker in the 4-6K Range? Thanks, Dekay. I'm going to check these out for future reference. I've got my CLS's in a good place right now (both physical position and upstream equipment) but am pterry sure that I'm going to give in to a real full range speaker someday. I just... | |
| Martin Logan Aerius with subwoofer ????? I'm not sure how this will work since your speaker already has a "sub", of sorts. I'm going to go with a REL (Strata or Storm, maybe two) with my full range CLS's and still think it will be a tough match (i.e will the REL keep up with the speed of... | |
| Apogee Acoustics Caliper,which amp? I'm really not a Krell lover, but I have to admit that a KSA300 is probably the best amp for these (or any other non-hybrid) Apogees. Don't like the Krells with other speakers I've owned or heard, but they do sound pretty good with Apogees. Good l... | |
| Amplifier for Martin Logan Requests Wsmatau, I went the tube pre with solid state power amps for quite a while. Most recently, good results with an Audible Illusions Modulus3 and a McCormack DNA1 Deluxe. Better results still with NOS Seimens tubes (at $64 per tube, thank God there a... | |
| best amp for Martin logan sl-3 Forgot the second part of your question... I have heard (from their owners) that Innersound amps are excellent with esl's. They were specifically designed for Innersound esl speakers. The low down is that these beasts NEVER run out of headroom no ... | |
| best amp for Martin logan sl-3 I was running my CLS's with a DNA1 Deluxe, it did well up to a point. All big balls tubes amps that I tried were superior to the McCormack and several other, higher powered solid state amps. Give some big ball tube amps a try... Wolcotts, SF Power... | |
| Amplifier for Martin Logan Requests Logans really love tubes. Your Requests will really open up with any good tube amp. The Wolcott's would be a good choice as would be ARC VT100/200's, Sonic Frontiers Power 3, Mesa Baron and older amps like VAC PA160's. There are some real deals ou... | |
| CONRAD JOHNSON TUBE LOVERS HEAVEN Sawyer, your ML aerius i's are not really difficult to drive, but I would still suggest trying the Premier 5's. Logans love tubes -- no, they "need" tubes to open up. I'm the odd one in this group as I don't own the Premier 5's. I did audition the... |