Recent content by Mirolab

Mine did not have a blackish residue.... just a bit of a haze, rather than perfectly clear. After showering, i would say the haze was less, but not gone, and I would expect it impossible to "wipe clean" by just spraying it. As mentioned earlier, cleaning too aggressively could start to...

When I washed my SL3 panels, I took them to the backyard and hit them with the force of the hose, but not so hard that it separated the layers. I taped the sides to keep them from separating. I did not want to use soaps or solvents. I then blew the water out with an air compressor, rather...

I hear many people say the Sanders is the ultimate for ESL, but how is the Magtech as an all-around amp for regular speakers? I have 3 speakers that I rotate through, one of which are my SL3's, and the others are non-ESL. Currently, my Bryston 4B-SST2 is making me pretty happy with all 3...

For anyone interested, I have old SL3 panels, free (except forshipping), or pickup in Long Beach, CA. And I have an M-L box that my new SL3 panels were shipped in. The box may be worth more than the panels!?

My 1995 SL3's started sounding somewhat dark by 2015. I lent them to a friend for about 3 years, and when I got them back, that's when I realized they were in trouble. With the woofers turned down (with the rear switch) they sounded just OK, but still dark. I got my new panels in 2021, and...

I 100% agree. About 3 years ago, I paid $1400 for new SL3 panels. It was either that, or nothing because, while the speakers were still working, they did not sound great, and would have been tough to sell. Now they sound better than new, with better panels, and upgraded Caps. I would place...

To OP.... ck102020 You NEED to take the back off of your SL3 and see what's in there. I've seen pics of various SL3's and there appear to be 3 versions with same basic crossover values, but different parts and arrangement. Below is a pic of my SL3 crossover BEFORE I recapped it. The blue...

There's nothing about that plastic grass that will absorb sound. It will just scatter and interfere with high frequencies. Absorber material needs to be soft, mushy, foamy, or fibrous to "trap" sound waves. Waves go in, but they don't some out, because the motion of air molecules get...

Hmm... interesting idea. It's more like Clover than grass. It will scatter high frequencies somewhat, and would be only slightly better than a bare wall. I don't think it will do much at mid frequencies. A 1kHz (or lower) wave will still just bounce off the grassy wall and keep moving as if...

There's a really good technical reason for that! Bass dynamics need dB's of headroom to make an impact. For example, the only way for the kick drum to have 2 dB of headroom over the mids & highs is for the mid & highs to be 2dB below digital full scale. Remember, NOTHING can be louder than...

You can't always blame the Engineer! He's being paid to provide a service, and if the artist or record company demands LOUDER, then that is what he/she is being PAID to do. It's called "The Loudness Wars" and most things remastered after y2000 are usually worse sounding than their 80's or...

3 years ago, I was faced with paying $1500 for new SL3 panels.... this for speakers that I bought used in y2000, for about $1800. Then I remembered that new Montis go for $10k, and that put it in perspective. My SL3's are now BETTER than new, with new panels, and upgraded Xover caps!

I'm assuming you are using the Mundorfs as a small bypass cap, right? Have you tried with & without them, and really notice a difference? I'm wondering because I've already got the Jantzens in place.... adding a 1uF EVO bypass would be easy and affordable. Is this worth doing? Or should I...

I put new panels in my SL3's about 18 months ago, and that was great of course. And then about 6 month later, I upgraded the old caps. The original main panel caps were a 15uF electro + 15uF yellow film cap (shown in pic). I replaced those with a pair of 15uF Jantzen Z-standards from Parts...

FYI.... I have a pair of original SL3 panels, free to anyone who would pay the shipping from Long Beach, CA.