Recent content by kalali

What's your budget for the integrated amp? If your budget allows, try a McIntosh MA7900 and you'll get what you've been describing as your ideal sound.

Actually I would not recommend the Adcom 565SE for the reasons mentioned above. According to the specs, Adcom's power supply is not robust enough to handle a 2 ohm load. The ESLs in general - you didn't specify your model, can drop to below 1 ohm at high octaves. I'd look for amps that double...

I haven't tried the combo but the PL specs particularly the output impedance, seem to suggest using a shorter speaker wire run, ideally a pair of PL monoblocks near the speakers.

A pair of McIntosh MC2200s in bridged mode driving Aerius i, using the 4 ohm taps, and they sound glorious. Tried the same amps with Montis during a home audition and they sounded significantly more glorious. Almost cried like a baby when they came to take Montis back.

Try GIK for room treatment. Great products.

As a rule of thumb, any name brand amp that doubles its power as the impedance halves would have a stable power supply to drive demanding speakers. This is less critical - but still important, in electrostatic designs since the very low impedance load is at very high frequency in contrast with...

Thanks again for your input. I tried squeezing the front and rear "screens" together on the suspect panel and couldn't hear a difference. Now, I don't know how much this matters but looking at the serial numbers for all four pieces; both pairs of electronics and the ESLs, the suspect panel is...

Tosh, thank you for your detailed response. I'll do what you suggested and report back. Regarding step 2, did you mean literally remove and swap the ESL panels or swap the speakers as a unit as if I'm swapping the channels? I guess I didn't quite follow your reference to the power supply, e.g...

I have a pair of Aerius i speakers, model year 1998. I've noticed a slight loss of clarity in one of speaker panels that is really noticeable when I listen to the speaker by itself. The panels are clean with no dust or anything on them but looking closely through the mesh holes, I did notice...