Well, I'm glad you are very honest regarding your obvious bias against this manufacturer.
Are you going to continue slamming the product or are we all done with this?
New Martin Logan hybrid announced at CES
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Well, I'm glad you are very honest regarding your obvious bias against this manufacturer.
Are you going to continue slamming the product or are we all done with this?
Another point of view courtacy of babydoc,
"I spent a good bit of time with the Renaissance ESL 15A. Superficially, and from the front, it looks a bit like the Summit but with a much wider CLS panel. From the side, it has a much deeper woofer cabinet (needed for 2 12" subs and amplifiers). Sonically, the Venetian hotel rooms are a little better than the "bat cave" but have a number of room anomalies that I am not sure were completely corrected by the ARC software. That said, the sound was pretty sensational and these guys, like the Neoliths last year, while big, disappeared in the room. About the concerns for $25K price point. M-L is not aiming at the Neolith buyers but at those who either want some of the virtues of the CLX with better bass (the CLX will still stay in the line) or a substantial upgrade over the Summit X. If I did not already have the CLXs and a pair of Balanced Force 212 subs (retail easily above the Renaissance and much more work to set up in a listening room), I would give these guys serious consideration. While it is easy to opine about price and looks without experiencing these speakers, it would behoove those wishing to upgrade their ML systems to at least audition them at their dealers when they start shipping this spring."
"I spent a good bit of time with the Renaissance ESL 15A. Superficially, and from the front, it looks a bit like the Summit but with a much wider CLS panel. From the side, it has a much deeper woofer cabinet (needed for 2 12" subs and amplifiers). Sonically, the Venetian hotel rooms are a little better than the "bat cave" but have a number of room anomalies that I am not sure were completely corrected by the ARC software. That said, the sound was pretty sensational and these guys, like the Neoliths last year, while big, disappeared in the room. About the concerns for $25K price point. M-L is not aiming at the Neolith buyers but at those who either want some of the virtues of the CLX with better bass (the CLX will still stay in the line) or a substantial upgrade over the Summit X. If I did not already have the CLXs and a pair of Balanced Force 212 subs (retail easily above the Renaissance and much more work to set up in a listening room), I would give these guys serious consideration. While it is easy to opine about price and looks without experiencing these speakers, it would behoove those wishing to upgrade their ML systems to at least audition them at their dealers when they start shipping this spring."
I am screwed then:
If you blind test by running your hand over its fur, you might confuse it for a cat
For those of you who can stand my writing about ML, I just uploaded all of my pictures and extended coverage after a second day of listening here: http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...ogan-Renaissance-Speakers&p=368917#post368917
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