System #371 (Source)

[ChefPaul]

1. Member Name: Paul

2. Location: Las Vegas

3. ML Model(s): Vantage

4. Year Purchased:2011

5. Mods/Changes: No

6. Associated Electronics:
2 Channel Set-Up
Canary Audio CA-160 MKII Tube Monoblocks
Canary Audio CA-906 Dual Chasis Tube Pre- amp
Carver sda 490t Tube ref. CD Player
Sunfire Sig. Subwoofer
Monster Power Line conditioner
Grant Fidelity Tube Line Conditioner for ipod
Apple TV

5.1 Set- Up
CA-160 power ML source
Sunfire Ultimate Receiver MKII powers
Just purchased Magnepan MMGC Center
Sunfire sub
Bose 161 Surrounds
Magnevox Blu ray player
RCA 46" LED monitor
Monster Power Line conditioner
Apple TV

Outdoor
Sunfire Zone 2 Powers Klipsch 550 Outdoor spkrs

7. Comments and/or stories about your Martin Logan experience:
I owned Carver ALIII's Ribbons before. M.L. are more open, airy and have a better soundstage.
I will make a further review later

 

[TomDac]

Welcome aboard.

 

[tsv_1]

Those monoblocks are beautiful!

 

[ChefPaul]

Those monoblocks are beautiful!

Thank you, they are massive. 70lbs each.

 

[slowGEEZR]

Wow, eight EL34s per side. They must be underdriven and should last a very long time. My amp produces 100wpc with just four EL34s per side and the tubes still measure 85 - 95 after five years. I've never heard of this brand but will definitely check it out. Oh, welcome.

 

[churchill]

Welcome to the club Paul!

 

[Wardsweb]

ML and tubes, atta boy!

 

[repman]

Nice setup love the canary's , I bet they sing sweet

 

[ChefPaul]

Wow, eight EL34s per side. They must be underdriven and should last a very long time. My amp produces 100wpc with just four EL34s per side and the tubes still measure 85 - 95 after five years. I've never heard of this brand but will definitely check it out. Oh, welcome.

Thanks for the welcome.
Yes they seem to be as the amp never gets hot. The pre amp runs hotter. Biased at .35v
My other amps Audio Inovations S1000 at 50wpc pure class A ran extremely hot all the time and was running 4 EL34's each.

If you probably did not check out Canary's line, they are a small boutique manufacturer and their build quality and wiring is second to none. 6 moons.com did several reviews on their products.