Neolith North American Tour

MartinLogan is officially kicking off the debut of Neolith in North America.

Tour dates page (will be updating frequently): http://www.martinlogan.com/truth/index.php

Press release about the first tour in DE, with links to high-res images, etc: http://www.martinlogan.com/news/pr/2014/10/30/neolith-tour

Tom, as I said in my earlier thread, I plan on attending this coming Sat event @ Overture. I'll report back ………….

Cool. Hope they make it down here.

twich54 said:

Tom, as I said in my earlier thread, I plan on attending this coming Sat event @ Overture. I'll report back ………….

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Dave, what type of music do you listen to? I like it that in the ad they tell you to take your own music. I wonder if ML are planning a Montreal or Toronto demo.

Bernard said:

Dave, what type of music do you listen to? I like it that in the ad they tell you to take your own music. I wonder if ML are planning a Montreal or Toronto demo.

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Hi Bernard, To answer your question I suppose it's easier to say what I 'don't' listen to ……… Rap …….. What I do listen to mostly ……… Classic Rock, Russian Classical, Jazz, Certain New Age, Some Country, Some Folk and Some Blues (the later of which I was garnishing a serious appreciation for, thanks to a friend of mine, that unfortunately met an untimely death)

Regarding the 'demo' ……. I hope it's Montreal …… since you know my favorite restaurant is … La Queue De Cheval !

One day, we might get one too

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Tom, as I said in my earlier thread, I plan on attending this coming Sat event @ Overture. I'll report back ………….

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Dave, one word... Pictures...lots of them please, I'm talking serious audio porn, drool worthy stuff. And your usual well spoken impressions. Thanks brother.

Vancouver would be nice, and smart. There's a lot of disposable income in the most expensive city in North America ( http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/06/vancouver-most-expensive-city-to-live-economist_n_2631806.html )

Maybe I could roll a pair into my mortgage...... (I'm totally half-kidding. I'd never maybe do that)

MiTT said:

Dave, one word... Pictures...lots of them please, I'm talking serious audio porn, drool worthy stuff. And your usual well spoken impressions. Thanks brother.

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sorry gang, I didn't go …….. helped a friend out with a car show instead. If any other members did go please share your impressions.

twich54 said:

sorry gang, I didn't go …….. helped a friend out with a car show instead. If any other members did go please share your impressions.

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Any chance of sharing some car show pics instead...

Well at least some people over at AVS were at the Neolith demo:

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/173-2...ogan-demonstrates-neolith-speaker-system.html

Read it and enjoy.

Gary

I'm rather surprised that the Neolith only gets down to 24 hz. (same as Summit X) given the size/engineering of its bass section. That's really kind of sad. So for $65,000 more, you get basically the same performance as the Summit X.

Rich said:

That's really kind of sad. So for $65,000 more, you get basically the same performance as the Summit X.

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Are you saying that any speaker that can go down to 24Hz offers the same sound quality as a Neolith?

My sub goes down to 18Hz, so does my Vista / Whise system sound better than a Neolith?

Since when was frequency response the sole definer of sound quality?

Hi Rich,

FWIW and this is anecdotal, but I believe there are a number of $80K speakers and above that don't go below 24hz. Maybe I'm wrong.

Trust all is well with you and family.

Gordon

Well I have actually heard the freaking things and they are better than Summits by a stretch. I just like the scale they offer more than anything.

Going to 16 Hz as that gentleman says will work with some material and fail with others. I think 23Hz (it IS 23) is OK. I wouldn't want lower. Lot of crap at real LF on quite a bit of material.

amey01 said:

Are you saying that any speaker that can go down to 24Hz offers the same sound quality as a Neolith?

My sub goes down to 18Hz, so does my Vista / Whise system sound better than a Neolith?

Since when was frequency response the sole definer of sound quality?

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Your sub may help but the Vistas are actually -3dB at 43 Hz so they will come up a little short.

Gary

Hey guys, all I'm saying is that for the price and size differences (both magnitudes of huge), I would expect the Neolith to outperform the Summit in terms of frequency extension. I'm rather surprised that it doesn't. Given the size of the woofers and box, I guess I just figured it would go lower.

I totally agree that they will blow the Summits away in terms of scale, size of soundstage, and that "wall of sound" feeling that only huge planars seem to give.

amey01 said:

Are you saying that any speaker that can go down to 24Hz offers the same sound quality as a Neolith?

My sub goes down to 18Hz, so does my Vista / Whise system sound better than a Neolith?

Since when was frequency response the sole definer of sound quality?

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When I said "same performance as the Summit" I was referring specifically to the frequency response performance. I didn't mean to imply that this was the only determinant of sound quality. But it is certainly one important parameter that matters to most people looking to buy high end speakers.

GaryG said:

Your sub may help but the Vistas are actually -3dB at 43 Hz so they will come up a little short.

Gary

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As far as frequency response is concerned, NOTHING comes up short in my system. I have a calibrated DEQ2496, so the system delivers flat response from 80-18 Hz.

But as I said - if frequency response was the be all and end all of "performance" then there would be many speakers that would sound the same.

Saying that the Neolith is no better than the Summit X (and not worth extra money) due to the low-end frequency response specification alone is simply absurd.

Do you give credit to the Neolith being able to go lower than the SummitX without all the kruddy digital manipulation, processing and amplification required to get the SummitX to do that from its puny box?

Rich said:

Hey guys, all I'm saying is that for the price and size differences (both magnitudes of huge), I would expect the Neolith to outperform the Summit in terms of frequency extension. I'm rather surprised that it doesn't. Given the size of the woofers and box, I guess I just figured it would go lower.

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Why would you say then?

Rich said:

you get basically the same performance as the Summit X.

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