Name: John
Location: Tampa, Florida
Speakers: ML CLSIIa, purchased Summer of 2010, repaneled in 2001, homemade stands, no other modifications.
Amplifier: Parasound Halo A21
Preamp: Audible Illusions L1
Dac: Benchmark Media DAC1
Transport: Oppo BDP-93
A/C: PS Audio P-300 with all upgrades
Cables
Speaker: Mapleshade Clearview Golden Helix Plus
Interconnects: homemade, from AWG 30 magnet wire (copper and silver) and packing tape
Digital: Toslink
Power: PS Audio Xstream Plus
Cassette: Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1
Radio: Sony XDR-F1HD
Having been a musician and an audiophile for as long as I can remember, I had something of a life-changing moment when I first heard electrostatic speakers in 1968, the KLH Model 9's. It was in a showroom with highly regarded dynamic speakers. As the salesman was A/B-ing them, every customer in the room, as well as the salesman, expressed a preference for the dynamic boxes, except for me. They all said "Listen to the highs, listen to the bass", but I was hung up on the midrange of the 9's. I felt that I would never be able to afford anything as great-sounding as that.
Much later, in 1996, a friend was asking for help in speaker shopping. I'd never heard Martin Logans, but I had read about them, so I said to my friend, "Let's go hear something you can't afford, so you'll know what you're giving up." I took him to a showroom to hear some SL3's. Soon after, he went and bought a pair! He liked them so much, that a few years later he purchased some ReQuests, and loaned his SL3's to me! I was a happy guy.
Last year he had need of his SL3's, so as I had lusted after the full-range stat sound of the KLH9's for so long, I found the CLSIIa's for sale on Audiogon, and there was no turning back.
Location: Tampa, Florida
Speakers: ML CLSIIa, purchased Summer of 2010, repaneled in 2001, homemade stands, no other modifications.
Amplifier: Parasound Halo A21
Preamp: Audible Illusions L1
Dac: Benchmark Media DAC1
Transport: Oppo BDP-93
A/C: PS Audio P-300 with all upgrades
Cables
Speaker: Mapleshade Clearview Golden Helix Plus
Interconnects: homemade, from AWG 30 magnet wire (copper and silver) and packing tape
Digital: Toslink
Power: PS Audio Xstream Plus
Cassette: Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1
Radio: Sony XDR-F1HD
Having been a musician and an audiophile for as long as I can remember, I had something of a life-changing moment when I first heard electrostatic speakers in 1968, the KLH Model 9's. It was in a showroom with highly regarded dynamic speakers. As the salesman was A/B-ing them, every customer in the room, as well as the salesman, expressed a preference for the dynamic boxes, except for me. They all said "Listen to the highs, listen to the bass", but I was hung up on the midrange of the 9's. I felt that I would never be able to afford anything as great-sounding as that.
Much later, in 1996, a friend was asking for help in speaker shopping. I'd never heard Martin Logans, but I had read about them, so I said to my friend, "Let's go hear something you can't afford, so you'll know what you're giving up." I took him to a showroom to hear some SL3's. Soon after, he went and bought a pair! He liked them so much, that a few years later he purchased some ReQuests, and loaned his SL3's to me! I was a happy guy.
Last year he had need of his SL3's, so as I had lusted after the full-range stat sound of the KLH9's for so long, I found the CLSIIa's for sale on Audiogon, and there was no turning back.
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