My dealer tells me the new center channel "Stage" will be introduced next month guessing at pricing between $2500-3000. They say it will be a better match with the Summitt's and Vantage speakers vs. Theater i and Cinema i. Any thoughts ????
Dave,twich54 said:My dealer tells me the new center channel "Stage" will be introduced next month guessing at pricing between $2500-3000. They say it will be a better match with the Summitt's and Vantage speakers vs. Theater i and Cinema i. Any thoughts ????
The stage does have the Xstat panel so it will be a better match to the summit and vantage than the Theater i. Pricing was suppose to be comparable to the theater i, size wise it is suppose to be around the size of the cinema center but with a sound equal if not exceeding that of the theater i.twich54 said:My dealer tells me the new center channel "Stage" will be introduced next month guessing at pricing between $2500-3000. They say it will be a better match with the Summitt's and Vantage speakers vs. Theater i and Cinema i. Any thoughts ????
It should be.Anthony A. said:but i wonder if it will be a good match with older ML's like the ascent i's?
I think the look of the stage will be more out of place compared to the ascents then the sound will. But the best way would be try before you buy.Anthony A. said:yeah, thats true.... try before you buy. hoping that the sound matches is first concern.... second is hoping that the "new" look will blend with the "old" look. we shall see. cheers!!!!
The reasons given on the club about the pushback of the stage’s release date, was because the concept behind the stage (like the summit and vantage) it suppose to offer the same performance of its bigger brother in a smaller package. But rumors has it the stage was just falling short of the theater i’s performance so ML has been reworking it till they can get the stage to meet or exceed the theater i’s performance.marck said:I think that is the reason behin the delay), may be decreased due to the matching issue.
Yes, that is what he basically said without actually saying thatZip3kx07 said:The reasons given on the club about the pushback of the stage’s release date, was because the concept behind the stage (like the summit and vantage) it suppose to offer the same performance of its bigger brother in a smaller package. But rumors has it the stage was just falling short of the theater i’s performance so ML has been reworking it till they can get the stage to meet or exceed the theater i’s performance.
Well I said it.marck said:Yes, that is what he basically said without actually saying that![]()
Dealer meant to say "introduced at winter CES" which I suppose we could get our hands on it by the second Quarter.twich54 said:My dealer tells me the new center channel "Stage" will be introduced next month guessing at pricing between $2500-3000. They say it will be a better match with the Summitt's and Vantage speakers vs. Theater i and Cinema i. Any thoughts ????