Recent content by mentorron

Here are some reviews you may (or may not) have read from when the Original Aerius were introduced: Enjoy ! (I've enjoyed my used ones for two decades now.)

I have a pair of the "original" bi-wired Aerius, and (I guess luckily) have had absolutely NO problems of any kind (except some visible fine dust particles on the lower halves of the woofers, if that might bother some folk) :rolleyes:. Mine were manufactured in June 1993 (code AEEF), and bought...

OK, 0.75 meters is more than the minimum 2 feet (0.60 meters), so you are within the recommended distance to the wall behind the speakers. :giggle: I spent about 2 years experimenting with toe-in, and that was the hardest to settle on. Too much or too little seemed to affect the flatness of the...

I'm estimating your panels are about 0.5 meters from your wall (1.5 floor tiles). Closer to a full meter would be better, but if you can't, you can't. :giggle: Here are the recommendations from my M-L Aerius user manual. I have played with positioning ever since I had them, a cm farther here, a...

Have you tried moving the Ethos to nearer the edge of the carpeting ? This might give you more soundstage depth and less of a bass near-field reflection off the hard tile floor. I like the M-Ls at least a meter from the rear wall, especially when it just a flat reflecting surface. I have...

re TomDac's posting above, I commented on the forum he referred to: (Quote:) A section here on the MLO site of recommended amplifiers: http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?64-Amplifiers These are ML owners who have taken the time to write about the amplifier they're using with...

I also have the original Aerius, which I have powered since the late 1990s with an Adcom GFA6000 5 channel power amp in 2 channel mode (that gives those channels a bit more power reserve, I believe). I have always been satisfied with the sound and had originally heard these speakers with much...

For interest's sake, when I found my used Aerius back in the late 1990s, they were being run at the dealership in a hallway (quietly) by a desktop system similar to this (see photo). It sounded good enough for me to by the Aerius, but they suggested I buy the Adcom GFA600, which I did..

Yes, the Quest Z's came out the year after my Aerius did, which have reverse polarity on the woofers (1993 vs 1992), so they most likely had the same approach to both speaker designs. Would make a lot of sense. Never got to hear the CLS IIz's, sadly.

My Aerius are wired out of phase as M-L believes that gives a more linear response at the crossover point. See Audio Ideas Guide test results from 1993, excerpt attached:

I bought the Garrard because you could remove the tall changer spindle and use it's other short single disk spindle. I never used it as a changer: just bought it because it was an exact fit into that original cabinet where my cheap white-metal manual turntable sat, mounting holes correctly...

My first "system" that I tried to build from kits (after the RCA my dad gifted me didn't live up to my needs), were an Eico preamp and power amp (tube-based) with a Stromberg-Carlson 1/4 wavelength bass reflex speaker, a Garrard turntable/changer and Goldring magnetic cartridge. My soldering...

I have a pair of used (bought in 1999) original Aerius. The outputs were strapped when I got them, but thought I'd try bi-wiring (12 gauge) soon afterwards (to the same amp posts). Although I cannot prove there is any difference, I tried reinstalling the straps again at one time, and seemed to...

The Generator worked fine when I heard it with the Carver Amazing ribbon speakers.

----------------------------- Although I'm quite "out of the league" of most owners here, I still kept my Carver C-9 Sonic Hologram Generator, which I bought while using B&W speakers in the 1980s, although I haven't used it since I bought my M-L original Aerius hybrids decades ago. I found that...