Recent content by Ex Lion Tamer

Has anyone heard the Quad 909 with thier ML's (especially Vantages)? They seem as though they would be an ideal marriage (budget marriage at least). I have read great reviews on these relatively inexpensive amps.

Yes it is a fine album, but I prefer their first album - Funeral - even more; the production is not as good, shoe tring budget and all but some of the songs; Wake up, Rebellion (Lies), Crown of Love are so anthemic - just incredible. Apparently they are one of David Bowie's favorite bands -...

I have their first release - Asleep in the Back and it's also quite good. I sometiomes find it a little dark and murky but still quality stuff. I skipped their next two - Cast of Thousands & Leader of the Free World, but thought I'd give them another shot after reading that they'd lightened...

Built to Spill indeed Big fan here. I think they have 6 albums, of which I have 5 and I don't think there's a bad song, let alone a bad album among them. You really should look into their earlier material; especially Perfect From Now On and my favorite - Keep It Like a Secret. And if you...

Thanks Bernard, ARC is definitely on my list of possible suspects. I'm actually thinking of going backwards sort of. I used to own a VAC Avatar SE integrated; I sold it a few years ago, with deep regret - at the time I owned a pair of Thiel 3.6s and thought I needed a little more power/grunt...

Hi Everybody, I'm going to be amp shopping in the next few months to match my Vantages. I would like to go with tubes and I'm leaning towards something along the lines of a Mac MC275, though it is a budget buster and I would like to find something a little less costly (on the used market) with...

I'm a new vantage owner and am becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the bass output in my similarly sized room. I haven't played much yet with the woofer output control - nor have I installed the spikes as I have yet to finalize their position. I have them out 4-1/2 feet into the room, I'm...

Name: Mark Location: Montreal, QC Canada M-L: Vantage (owned for about 3 weeks) My associated equipment is as follows... Amplification: DK Designs Reference Mk. III hybrid integrated amp. Analog front end: Empire 698 TT w/ Shure V15 Mk. IV Digital fron end: Sony C222es SACD / Ack dAck...

So happy I stumbled upon this place. My first pair of Martin-Logan's arrived about three weeks ago - a gorgeous pair of Vantage's - and I've been having a lot of fun getting to know them since. After initial break-in I was a little disappointed by the bass response I was getting. I've since...