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Alternative idea that's easy to try - buy or borrow a USA spec inverter (120 watt model costs only 30 bucks or so) then test it with a battery to see if the problem goes (inverter will output 120v at 60hz) - if successful then run them with the inverter going forward from a 12v dc mains power...

I've known Brian for over a decade and he's been absolutely fantastic! Certainly the best hifi specialist i've ever delt with anywhere in Europe - 10/10 for service and (very importantly) advice. JayJayHache

I'm sure JonFo will answer but I've tried something similar myself unsucessfully - using Aerius-i - what happens is there is no horizontal dispersion for the high frequencies when the CC is on it's side - so unless you are sitting dead centre everthing is muddy. JayJayHache

That was very helpful in many respects - Thanks! I've done some more digging and can now see that the gaps between the drivers are the majority of the problem at the higher frequencies from superposition of the frequencies - just as you've said :) One option could be to switch to a stack of...

Not to be pedantic or anything as I'm 100% genuinely interested in this and appreciate your insight - however ML's own flagships (Statements E2 / E2x) use a column of identical drivers without altering the signals for each. Something is missing in my (our?) understanding of this phenominon - if...

That's a good question - I'd answer it like this: I know that a small single CC sounds 'Wrong' as it's not mating properly with large ML Fronts - sound panning from Left to right suffers through the centre and gets that 'Small speaker' sound. High frequencies suffer especially with the...

So if you have a column made up of Stages driven identically wouldn't the entire column move identically? Just like a single large column speaker? Can anybody tell me why a column of Stage speakers need time alignment whereas a single column speaker in exactly the same place doesn't ? I'm not...

Jonfo can I please ask: why the need to process the signal for the drivers this way? If you look at an ML prodigy for example the entire enormous column is driven identically - so why process the signal heading to a virtual column which is faking a tall column? Hope you don't mind me asking but...

Don't know about integrity but for certain the dispersion is effected:- a convex driver (like all other ML floorstanders) gives you an even 30 degree dispersion from the origin which is virtually behind the speaker- whereas the concave first has to focus in front of the speaker then spread out...

Why? (Unless the amp is underpowered...)

...am also very interested to learn of peoples experiences. Getting an amp to drive them would require wiring them up in a sensible fashion and ideally require an even number of Stages - 4 units can be wired to give an identical load impedance as 1 Stage - but with 4 times the power handling :)...

Yes that's the one i've tried for several months (Well a Theatre i in my case) - it has a far larger ES panel than the Stage. Nobody would suggest that ML should develop a flagship CC to match the sound of the prodigy or any legacy ML - I'd want them to use their latest and best panel...

Nope! ML have 5 models in their current 'Reserve' range (CLX, Summet, Spire, Ethos etc.) and have always had flagship floorsanders - they sell (literally) THOUSANDS of pairs a year... I'm running Prodigy not CLX and the soundstage is ENORMOUS. This is the sound I'm looking to match seamlessly...

Well that's exactly what I'm looking for - the latest screens *claim* not to need any EQ to correct for their AT properties - but that's a touch claim IMO... Thanks for the feedback JonFo... I remember reading that Gale Saunders tried his ML Theartre behind a Stewart Perf screen for his...

Hmm, quite a dilema from my perspective... Expensive and less attractive but it would fix the sound problem... Does anyone have any experience in using a larger ML behind an AT screen? There are some new screen fabrics out which make good claims regarding equilisation and sound transfer but I'd...