As they say, long time listener, first time caller. Bare with me a minute as I try to explain what I need help with. I have had my Martin Logans for 12 years. I just completed refurbishing all my MLs. This included 4 Stylos and one Logos. I replaced the panels and the woofers and they all sound great. They didn't really sound bad in the first place, but hey they were 12 years old and I was convinced by reading posts that the panels do age and lose a little as they get 10 to 12 years old. I talked with Jim Power at ML and he confirmed that I would hear a difference if I refurbished my MLs. While I was at it, I did the woofers too. I must say that it all sounds pretty good and I do think that they are back to as good as they were when I first bought them, but if I read some of you guys right, once in for a penny, in for a pound and all this critical listening got me to thinking. I am starting to wonder if it would be worth it to either replace my Logos with a Theater i or a Stage or try something like add a Stage to the center channel and leave the Logos as a Center also. In other words dual centers or dueling centers. I am starting to think I belong to the school of thought that you can't have too big of a center channel. Like many of you I have dual subwoofers and since it was easy to split the sub channel out to two subs, I wondered if anyone had ever tried splitting the center channel to two center channel speakers. I was thinking one above and one below the 120 inch screen. With that said, I have looked and looked and have found it hard to find a lot of good feedback on the Stage as compared to the Theater i or even harder the Logos. I know that the little I have read says that you need to match all the front speakers so I would be better off in some guys opinion to get Summits and a Stage so the front is a match, timbre, sound and technology wise, etc. but I really like my Stylos as they are mounted on the wall just either side of my screen. I currently have a multi--purpose room that at the touch of a button turns into a HT or a multi-channel music room. Hit one button and it turns back into a living room complete with a putting green. But that is another story. Anyway, I have a 7.1 system with Logos Center, Stylos front and rear and Fresco i side channels. The subs are Sunfire Signature EQ and SVS PB13, I listen to both multi-channel music and movies and by the way if you haven't tried the new Oppo DV980H which takes SACD and DVD-audio and converts it from 5.1 to 7.1 via a HDMI connection you really are missing something. Until you have heard DSOTM in 7.1 on an ML system well anyway you catch my drift, I have terminal MLism. Anyway, by now some of you are probably wishing that I was still a long time listener and not a first time caller. But if any of you can give me some guidance on whether I should A) go with a dual center channel, Stage and Logos B) Get a Theater i off Audiogon and replace my Logos, or behind door number 3 get Summits or CLXs and a Stage and switch my Stylos with the Fresco i side channels.
Well anyway at least hopefully this post has given someone out there something to ponder at least I hope so. Anyway any and all opinions are appreciated.:music:
Well anyway at least hopefully this post has given someone out there something to ponder at least I hope so. Anyway any and all opinions are appreciated.:music:
