jedi35
Well-known member
Hi everybody,
I've known about this board for a few months, but I'm just now signing up. My name is Adrian, and I'm a violinist in St. Louis, MO. I've owned a pair of wonderful ML Quest Zs since '95, and I've just acquired a Cinema speaker this past week. I'll still need to replace my rear bi-polar dynamic speakers with MLs when I can afford it. Even so, my sound is wonderful. 2 channel audio is what got me into all this, but I'll have to admit that home theater is what consumes me most of the time these days. Having a dlp pj and a 98" diagonal image between the Logans is sweet.
I first learned about ML from a buddy, a recording engineer, who happens to own a very special pair of Monoliths. They are serial numbers 1 and 2, the prototypes that started it all(no see-through look that we all know and love, there are speaker grills over the stators). ML worked with a St. Louis Symphony sound engineer to develop this first pair, and that's why they are here in St. Louis. My buddy worked for him, and eventually got to own these Monoliths while the first owner moved up to the Statements. I'm excited because it looks like I'll soon be able to get my hands on the Threshold 4000 power amp that fueled the Monolith panels for years, as my buddy has upgraded to the Pass Labs X350 and the X2 Preamp(yes, I'll be getting his Threshold Preamp too). Right now, I'm using 2 Krell KMA 100 amps on the Quest panels, with the help of a modified Crown VFX2A crossover, and a Hafler 9500 Transnova amp on the woofers. The Krells will get moved to the woofers when the Threshold stuff gets here(the 4000 amp needs some repair first). My current preamp is the Audible Illusions Modulus 3A (tube hybrid), but I've also got a T + A P1230 R which is quite nice. It's been resting in another room, but I think I'll do a swap out soon and give it another listen.
The cd system is all Audio Alchemy stuff. I've got the DDT1 transport, the DTI Pro, the DDE 3.0 d to a converter, and the PS4 power supply. Add to that a Rotel FM tuner, the Rega Planar 3 turntable with a MC cartridge(actually, I don't know which but it's Japanese), a Sony DA5ES surround receiver running 7.1 sound, a couple of Parasound HCA-800 amps, several HD sources by Dish, Samsung, Zenith, JVC, a Velodyne sub, SACD and DVD Audio via a Pioneer DV-563A, and the list goes on. What can I say, we all love our systems.
I know that some of you have knowledge of the inner workings of the crossovers and transformers inside MLs, and I'd love some help with getting inside and disconnecting the passive elements of the Quest crossover. I'm sure that I'm breaking all kinds of rules and robbing myself of dynamics and response by running from my Crown external crossover into the speaker crossover. A local tech has wired my woofers directly to the lower set of binding posts, but he was nervous about messing with the panel connections. I sent a PM to Jonathan and await his response, but any help I can get from anyone else with be greatly appreciated. I'm happy to be a member here, and look forward to learning from you.
jedi35
I've known about this board for a few months, but I'm just now signing up. My name is Adrian, and I'm a violinist in St. Louis, MO. I've owned a pair of wonderful ML Quest Zs since '95, and I've just acquired a Cinema speaker this past week. I'll still need to replace my rear bi-polar dynamic speakers with MLs when I can afford it. Even so, my sound is wonderful. 2 channel audio is what got me into all this, but I'll have to admit that home theater is what consumes me most of the time these days. Having a dlp pj and a 98" diagonal image between the Logans is sweet.
I first learned about ML from a buddy, a recording engineer, who happens to own a very special pair of Monoliths. They are serial numbers 1 and 2, the prototypes that started it all(no see-through look that we all know and love, there are speaker grills over the stators). ML worked with a St. Louis Symphony sound engineer to develop this first pair, and that's why they are here in St. Louis. My buddy worked for him, and eventually got to own these Monoliths while the first owner moved up to the Statements. I'm excited because it looks like I'll soon be able to get my hands on the Threshold 4000 power amp that fueled the Monolith panels for years, as my buddy has upgraded to the Pass Labs X350 and the X2 Preamp(yes, I'll be getting his Threshold Preamp too). Right now, I'm using 2 Krell KMA 100 amps on the Quest panels, with the help of a modified Crown VFX2A crossover, and a Hafler 9500 Transnova amp on the woofers. The Krells will get moved to the woofers when the Threshold stuff gets here(the 4000 amp needs some repair first). My current preamp is the Audible Illusions Modulus 3A (tube hybrid), but I've also got a T + A P1230 R which is quite nice. It's been resting in another room, but I think I'll do a swap out soon and give it another listen.
The cd system is all Audio Alchemy stuff. I've got the DDT1 transport, the DTI Pro, the DDE 3.0 d to a converter, and the PS4 power supply. Add to that a Rotel FM tuner, the Rega Planar 3 turntable with a MC cartridge(actually, I don't know which but it's Japanese), a Sony DA5ES surround receiver running 7.1 sound, a couple of Parasound HCA-800 amps, several HD sources by Dish, Samsung, Zenith, JVC, a Velodyne sub, SACD and DVD Audio via a Pioneer DV-563A, and the list goes on. What can I say, we all love our systems.
I know that some of you have knowledge of the inner workings of the crossovers and transformers inside MLs, and I'd love some help with getting inside and disconnecting the passive elements of the Quest crossover. I'm sure that I'm breaking all kinds of rules and robbing myself of dynamics and response by running from my Crown external crossover into the speaker crossover. A local tech has wired my woofers directly to the lower set of binding posts, but he was nervous about messing with the panel connections. I sent a PM to Jonathan and await his response, but any help I can get from anyone else with be greatly appreciated. I'm happy to be a member here, and look forward to learning from you.
jedi35
