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denf
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Hey guys. I am fairly new to this forum, but am an "experiened" M.Logan-er with the pleasure of having Sequels, Aerius i's, ReQuests, Odysseys, and most recently Prodigys grace my listening room.
I haven't heard the new Summits, but have voraciously read everything and anything on them printed to date. Then I came across the Vantage @ the Logan site - hmmmm? Looks almost identical, at least in the panel, just VERY sllightly smaller (1.5" h, 1.3" w less than Summit). So, NOT having recently won the lottery, the question of course arrises, is the Summit really worth going the extra 50% cost over the Vantage?
I see the obvious differences in the bass module, but I already have a decent powered subwoofer, so the area of bass, for me, is not that critical. The only other major diff. I see is where the x-over comes in for both - 270Hz for the Summit & 400Hz for the Vantage. Seems like the Summit then might? be better (maybe?) in the lower mids with the panel covering more of the music spectrum.
Whatever the case, I continued to be blown away by ML's tireless quest for new and better designs, and am equally impressed (at least on paper!) by the new Summit & Vantage. Looks to me though like they might have a real "killer" on their hands with the Vantage, with the price-performance-ratio factor being quite high on this one.
Anyway, (sorry to ramble) guess the only clear answer here would be from someone that has heard both side by side, or at least in the same room, with same conditions, ancillaries, etc. -- help! anyone??
I haven't heard the new Summits, but have voraciously read everything and anything on them printed to date. Then I came across the Vantage @ the Logan site - hmmmm? Looks almost identical, at least in the panel, just VERY sllightly smaller (1.5" h, 1.3" w less than Summit). So, NOT having recently won the lottery, the question of course arrises, is the Summit really worth going the extra 50% cost over the Vantage?
I see the obvious differences in the bass module, but I already have a decent powered subwoofer, so the area of bass, for me, is not that critical. The only other major diff. I see is where the x-over comes in for both - 270Hz for the Summit & 400Hz for the Vantage. Seems like the Summit then might? be better (maybe?) in the lower mids with the panel covering more of the music spectrum.
Whatever the case, I continued to be blown away by ML's tireless quest for new and better designs, and am equally impressed (at least on paper!) by the new Summit & Vantage. Looks to me though like they might have a real "killer" on their hands with the Vantage, with the price-performance-ratio factor being quite high on this one.
Anyway, (sorry to ramble) guess the only clear answer here would be from someone that has heard both side by side, or at least in the same room, with same conditions, ancillaries, etc. -- help! anyone??
Classe gear, probably about a US$10k difference in electronics. The rooms were acoustically similar in terms of quality (this is a high-end dealer that built their own building). The Summits did sound like they might be worth twice the Ascent's cost, albeit out of my particular range. I have yet to hear a Vantage, so I don't know where it would land between Ascent and Summit. I suspect that it is closer to the Ascent though, given its price point and that it replaced the Ascent.
