mapman
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| MBL 121 to full range speaker "Going back to the OHM comparison, as I've not familiar with their brand, how are they priced compared to similar performing MBL models? "~ $1000-$6000 depending mostly on target room size."Also, do they have a stand-out signature model like the 1... | |
| MBL 121 to full range speaker "I've never heard a speaker that projected instrumentation that sounded like it "floated in air" quite like the 101E did."Actually, the 111 setup I heard did this exceptionally well also, I thought. In particular with a reference reel-to-reel reco... | |
| MBL 121 to full range speaker "Don't know what causes #3, but the 101 is a monster dynamically"I suspect it is a combo of the radial woofer + sub that is unique to that model (and apparently also a major contributor to the cost relative to other models) | |
| I could cry Hey, as long as there is someone else to blame, what's the difference? | |
| I could cry Scot,Keep an eye on the cat! She's plotting her next moves to agitate you as we speak! | |
| MBL 121 to full range speaker Marty,Did you find the tonal balance of the 101s much different than 111s?I found the 111s tonally different from teh OHMs but I was not sure how much of that to attribute to the difference between the 800w/ch MBL SS monoblocks and SS pre-amp used... | |
| I could cry THis is the funniest thread ever!Ironically, it has little to do with high end audio though.Scot, if it's any consolation, the same thing happened to me years ago and I have the record sleeves to prove it, and I am able to laugh about it now! | |
| Please help me improve my system - next steps? How well are your speakers set up in your room compared to your friend?Also, you have different DACs (yours is in the Transporter, I believe). That could make a difference.Try his DAC with your Transporter and see what that does.I'd expect the Tra... | |
| I could cry So is the cat sorry? | |
| MBL 121 to full range speaker Dylan,OHm provides a generous in-home audition program, which is the best way to evaluate speakers.When I heard the mbl 111s, I was actually expecting to hear a bigger difference than I did. That's not to say that the sound was the same, because t... | |
| Adding a Squeezebox - Upgrading Path? There ya go!Glad you were able to work it out. | |
| MBL 121 to full range speaker We were just recently informed that OHM now has a distributor in Germany and seems ready to take on MBL and German Physiks in their home turf.OHM uses the omnidirectional Walsh driver for most of the audio range except the very top end. German Phy... | |
| What amp are you using with your Gallo 3.1's? "Could it be that their seperates are that much better than the integrateds?"I suspect at least some of the Mc integrateds are not as high current and less able to handle complex loads well.I remember looking at several Mc integrated models for my... | |
| Adding a Squeezebox - Upgrading Path? "Originally I hooked the Theta to the integrated amp via Kimber Kable interconnect and then the Theta and the Squeezebox via digital coax."This sounds like the right connections to get the squeezebox to feed the DAC.Not sure why it didn't work tho... | |
| I could cry Cats will be cats.My cats did that once in my apartment. Stored records make grreat scratching posts! I still have the shredded label edge sides to remind me. Gotta give them credit, they didn't pee either. At least the records went "unscratched".... |