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I've finally become an owner of Martin Logan Ethos speakers. These are my first ML and first electrostatic speakers, so I presume there is much for me to learn, or at least become accustomed to.
I'm working on speaker placement. I will also likely replace my 15-year-old Marantz receiver (it was on the leading edge at the time, with support for DD and DTS decoding) since it doesn't support HDMI connections, DD+, etc.
Two questions from a noob:
1) I'm not "actively" breaking in these speakers. I figure I can just listen when I listen and along the way they will break in. Other than requiring more calendar time (duration) before breaking in, anything wrong with this?
2) I've noticed that I hear "pops" when listening to CD audio - even with discs that were only played once (to rip to a media server) and look pristine to the naked eye. I've read (and heard myself) that these speakers reveal a lot of detail in the source, and that can be good or bad based on the source. (garbage in - garbage out). I don't have any other transducers that render these pops. I've also read a bit about the dreaded arcing of ES panels, and being unexperienced wonder if there is something wrong. Is the arcing problem common? Is it a catastrophic failure, or a nuisance? If the spacing was somehow out-of-spec (manufacturing defect) would that cause this? Is there anyway for me to visually inspect for this (would there be any marks on the membrane)?
Thanks.
I'm working on speaker placement. I will also likely replace my 15-year-old Marantz receiver (it was on the leading edge at the time, with support for DD and DTS decoding) since it doesn't support HDMI connections, DD+, etc.
Two questions from a noob:
1) I'm not "actively" breaking in these speakers. I figure I can just listen when I listen and along the way they will break in. Other than requiring more calendar time (duration) before breaking in, anything wrong with this?
2) I've noticed that I hear "pops" when listening to CD audio - even with discs that were only played once (to rip to a media server) and look pristine to the naked eye. I've read (and heard myself) that these speakers reveal a lot of detail in the source, and that can be good or bad based on the source. (garbage in - garbage out). I don't have any other transducers that render these pops. I've also read a bit about the dreaded arcing of ES panels, and being unexperienced wonder if there is something wrong. Is the arcing problem common? Is it a catastrophic failure, or a nuisance? If the spacing was somehow out-of-spec (manufacturing defect) would that cause this? Is there anyway for me to visually inspect for this (would there be any marks on the membrane)?
Thanks.