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I've bought a PS Audio S300 Amp along with a PS Audio GainCell DAC some time ago to drive my Martin Logan Montis. The S300 was being sold at a promotional discount at the time the GainCell DAC was purchased. The GainCell DAC worked adequately but I recall running into problems with its Home...

Oh, one more thing: I think I’ve found the plural for Montis, which means Mountain in Latin. It’s Montium! How ‘bout that! ;)

Roger Big Dog RJ on amps that cost the same as the house. ;) For me, “fully grip”, with respect to my experience with the AHB2, has meant attaining a natural, transparent and effortless delivery and an uncanny ability to handle complex music passages with little or no interaction or blurring of...

"... and this is where the 'trickery' begins ! ..." I meant no trickery. twich54's comments about caution as to what the sensitivity spec really means are valid. Still, I'd like to point out a couple of things. It can be seen from John Atkinson's impedance measurements vs. frequency that...

it’s not clear taking the ESLs outdoors is really necessary or even an advantage. it’s not clear to me that playing music through an unpowered ESL dispels charge. It could in fact charge the membrane and dust particles instead. By disconnect I meant no power and no speaker connections (both)...

Hi. I've followed this thread for quite some time. I may have contributed to it earlier, but I have mentioned here or elsewhere how pleased I've been with a single Benchmark AHB2 driving my pair of Montis ESLs in a sizeable living room. I'd like to add some additional remarks concerning what...

Hi. Here's some advice I received from Martin Logan support a while ago when one of my panels lost output and sounded muffled. I've reported it elsewhere. I have Montis, which is just one generation newer than the Summits. Here goes: To get rid of the dust from the ESL panels -- soft vacuum...

Dear bikernail, I think the others are offering useful advice. I especially agree that 2'x2' panels located as you've shown wouldn't be helpful -- it's the ESL membrane rear radiation that matters, not the rear output from the bass cabinet. I myself use 2" thick acoustic absorbing panels --...

JImbill, I like sleepsurf's response to your question, and I think it's a good start. Not sure what the dealers are like in your area, but many dealers provide an opportunity to try out these speakers in one's own home for a reasonable evaluation period. Let me also offer: what ML ESL's excel...

I'm not sure who you're asking, but in my case, the placement was in part guided by long experience, especially with this very room, and in part by recommendations in knowledgeable white papers, including those written by Martin Logan. To begin, I started with a single Martin Logan Balanced...

If I've come across earlier as skeptical, I was and still am. But I didn't know about TRINNOV, either, and now I'm educating myself and have learned a little. I have had experience with muli-channel playback and what that can do relative to stereo reproduction. It isn't lost on me that to...

Fidji, I'd like to learn more about how this measurement was made. That resultant curve is virtually flat, a truly stellar result. It's almost beyond belief. What gear and software did you use? Where was the microphone placed relative to each of the listening positions? Is this the tuned...

“… 9..6.7 ML 13A, Focus, 6xMotion 35i [bed plane], 7xMotion 15i [height plane], 4xDynamo 1600x, 2xDynamo 1100x Trinnov Altitude 32, Purifi&Ncore Amp, Room Treatment GIK Acoustics Snake Oil: Mogami Cables, Kimber Cables, Isoacoustics” Fidji, the acoustic treatment is killer! 😊

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OK. I read your two last posts. Here’s what I’d do. if you don’t yet own the 1100x (plus interface), then find an outfit that will offer you an evaluation period with money back return. Try it out. If you like it, keep it. If not, return it. Anyone who thinks or claims to have a pre-computed...

Flush, but you might find your results differ. The same general suggestions for best placing a sub still hold. For example, if you want the best results sitting in the middle of the sofa, then put the sub there on the sofa, turn on sweeps (the app can easily do this), and crawl around on the...

Hi. This has probably been dealt with before, but I offer the following personal experience with a happy ending. It involves my Montis pair becoming (really) dull and losing high frequency response, and how Martin Logan Service went out of their way to help me and resolve the matter. The key...

One more thing that (hopefully) some of you will find amusing: My use of a subwoofer goes way back, before I even dreamed of home theater. As a extravagant present for myself, and to help deal with a troublesome listening room, I bought a (legendary) JBL B380 sub that worked in combination to...

Sonically it shouldn’t really matter. for my own part, I felt down firing offers the safest arrangement for the woofer cone, that is, keeping it out of harm’s way. The sub is on a hardwood floor, but there are area rugs throughout the room. IMHO a rug wouldn’t have much effect upon the very low...

If you're going to use the Dynamo 1100x as the behind-the-sofa sub, then no, you don't need the full-bore PBK. The Dynamo 1100x's internal signal processing combined with, say, an iPhone and the appropriate app installed does just fine. You can begin by parking your butt on the sofa and...