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Bump. Anyone using the Summit X with Ayre MX-R monoblocks?

I read this review a while back and couldn't hear what the reviewer was hearing. My theater uses a Stage with Summit Xs up front and I have yet to hear anything better. I continue to audition new theater setups at the local hi fi places, but haven't yet heard anything that would cause me to...

It will depend on how well the Ayre handles a speaker that can dip below 1 ohm. I found that the output taps on my MC452 were critical in getting my Summits to sound good. The 2 ohm taps on the MC452 made a huge difference for the better. I can't speak for the Ayre, but their equipment is...

Thanks, Gordon. I think we would have been better off all around if we'd just left Saddam alone. Yes, he was a brutal dictator, but he was a secular dictator - a natural enemy of religious extremists if only because they would have threatened his absolute power. Whether he would have been...

Hi Rich, Of course, I agree that we must have some regulation, particularly in the financial sector. We just have to be smart about it. I hope you agree, however, that too much drives business away. Sarbanes-Oxley is a good example. I have seen first hand how SOX compliance increases...

Hi Everyone! I wanted to follow up on this old thread with an update. By June or so, some 6 months after I first received my Summit Xs, they had broken in nicely. That thin, hard midrange is now gone. The high end is still articulate, but is now very smooth and enjoyable. Many contributors...

Hi Gordon, Yeah, I hear what you're saying. People are hurting, but they're also very confused. Some of the things you hear out of the Occupy movement are just ridiculous. In the same breath, protesters complain about unemployment, then rant about tearing down the banking system. How do they...

I agree with you, Steve. And it is particularly unfair to small to medium sized entrepreneurs who don't have the breadth of activities that large companies have, allowing them to take advantage of subsidies and tax shelters. That hurts the economy the most, since it is these smaller to midsize...

Yes, only during the year the company was sold. Corp tax+regular income tax+cap gains. When you take the total proceeds, subtract the taxes in all their forms, the founders realized around 37-40 cents of each dollar from the gross proceeds of the sale. I think that's excessive. And after...

Not really, it just always seems to turn out that way. Of course, I always start trying to do something that improves peoples' lives. Focus on the customer to exclusion of everything else and you are usually on the right path. I agree that the tax code is not particularly friendly to startup...

Honestly, I'm so tired of hearing this "rich should pay their fair share" thing. The rich do pay their fair share. I started a company several years ago that was acquired by a major corporation. At the end of the day, I paid a little over 60% of the proceeds to the federal government. Right...

I am wondering if any of you have experience driving Summits with either of Ayre's top amplifiers, the MX-R monoblocks or V-5xe stereo amp. My current setup is Summit X, McIntosh C50 preamp and McIntosh MC452 amp, but considering a change to Ayre electronics. Thanks!

I think you hit it on the head. Selling them in Best Buy and Frys devalues the brand. The entry level speakers sold in those big box stores look exactly like the higher end "Reserve" series to most people. So owners of Summits, for example, have people visit and say "hey, I saw a pair of...

Hello Malle, Gordon is right. I've learned that everyone hears different things. Recommendations can be valuable if they come from someone with the same sonic preferences as you, but even then, as Gordon says, they're only a guide. I switched to Transparent MusicWave Plus cables and they made...

Depends what you're after. For movie watching, I've never heard anything as good as my Summit Xs. For pure music listening, I'll take any Harbeth every time. I currently have the Compact 7ES-3 and the P3ES-R and they are both absolutely wonderful.