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In Reply to: Speakers less than $12K posted by NBR on July 24, 2002 at 17:44:49:
If you want detail, resolution, imaging and tranparency; although not on your list, I'd recommend the Martin Logan Odessy or Soundlab M-1. You should do yourself a favor and at least audition them.
Regards, Jerry O.
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It might sound OK, but I think it would be far short from living up to the best it could deliver with the ML amp. The Martin Logan would likely fare better.
I have a customer who got very satisfying results from a larger Mark Levinson amp, so the only significant limitation I'd forsee is in maximum volume. A Martin Logan hybrid would probably play louder with the same amplifier, but the basic sonic advantages of Sound Lab's large, full-range panels wouldn't be lost.Of course it would depend on what NBR's listening priorities are, and if fairly high volume is a priority, then he'd need to consider alternative amplification if he wanted to do the Sound Labs (there are some rather affordable amps that work quite well with the Sound Labs).
I was using my Electrocompaniet ECI-4 integrated (pretty well in-line
with the ML 383 in terms of power output) with my SoundLab Pristine II speakers. The available ultimate output was a bit too restrained for my wife's tastes. The Innersound ESL amp proved a whole 'nother creature and does just fine (though the Soundlabs are still/will be banished to my listening room while N805s driven by the ECI-4 have their way in the living room).
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