Playlist for the Martins

bigaudiofanatic

Tomorrow the ML's come.

I already have ready:

Norah Jones Come Away With me
Van Morrison Avalon Sunset
Santana Supernatural
Kenny G Miracles
B.B. King Duces Wild
Eagles Hell Freezes Over

I will probably be listening all day tomorrow so I hope I have what you recommend.

polkfarmboy

I did the norah jones when I first bought mine.. youl be blow away by her haunting sound on the esl panels

If you can go to pandora and have a listen to some electo music like..royksopp ... air !.. justice and what ever else is poppin

Tecno music on the becomes somthing amazing......I didnt get the best bass from my reciever so rock music realy sufferd until I got my tube amp to realy make that kick drum kick

On the martin logan forum alot would tell you that the esl realy suffer if they dont get a healthy infusion of power and this as Ive recently discoverd is very true but whatever youl do these speakers are amazing and only get better when you feed them somthing from the menu higher up the food chain

polkfarmboy

I should add that anything with acoustics or airy recording sound especialy divine

bigaudiofanatic

Ugh is it tomorrow yet. I still remember what they sounded like in the demo room. So clean so smooth.

megasat16

Ah...a few good Classicals, Symphony, Orchestra, Instrumentals tracks first and then move onto the voices.

It's always how I demo speakers and when changing gears for the speakers.

Big Day Tomorrow for you!

AsSiMiLaTeD

I cannot believe that you're going to disgrace those Martins with the kenny G

kawizx9r

polkfarmboy wrote: »

I should add that anything with acoustics or airy recording sound especialy divine

+100000000000000000000000000000

Love acoustics and female voices when I had my Magnepans

I'm as anxious as you are BAF for tomorrow to come, my HU comes in!

bigaudiofanatic

Looks like there will be a slight snag, they will not arrive until the afternoon hours. No loud music tomorrow afternoon.

bigaudiofanatic

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

I cannot believe that you're going to disgrace those Martins with the kenny G

He will be towards the end of the night if I even get to him at all.

polkfarmboy

What were you going to hook up to the martin logans...cdp amp etc,,?

bigaudiofanatic

A Chiro C500 when I get it in a few weeks. In the meantime running off my elite receiver.

polkfarmboy

the martin logans your getting are fat pigs and require serious power to drive their 4 ohm load unlike the newer ML"s

bigaudiofanatic

I believe it. My neighbors are going away so ill test them there first.

polkfarmboy

When they comin? when when !! when !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

michaeljhsda2

Alvin Lee - Motel Blues

bigaudiofanatic

Sitting at the meet point right now. Should be a hour or so.

bigaudiofanatic

They are MINE

polkfarmboy

Jolly good!!!

Beautiful works of engineering art

bigaudiofanatic

Now I play another waiting game. Apparently theae take up to an hour to charge.

kuntasensei

If you're looking for acoustic instruments with female vocals, get Nickel Creek on SACD. Seriously... bluegrass instruments + clean recording. It sounds amazing.

bigaudiofanatic

Right now I am in heaven. Listening to bb king live at montrenx on blue ray. Sounds fing amazing. I will say there sound seems a little cloged so they will be showered this weekend.

polkfarmboy

Thats a sexy looking set of speakers
...
I dont think your ever gona realy get the full bang from them puppies until you replace the panels at later date . The good news on the panels is that you can buy the new ones and they have the aluminum rails instead of the wood trim and they have twice the surface area for outputing sound

I think they cost like $800

I see you have the lsi15 in the picture,It would be nice to hear your thoughts on a comparison somtime

bigaudiofanatic

They are the lsi25's and they are nice I think the tweeters like to get way out of hand at higher volumes. One thing I do not like is the woofers like to clip at big movie scenes and you have to watch your volume. Even with them crossed at....forget they still want to clip. They are my neighbors, I just thought sense i was watching their dogs that i would use his reviver and see how they sound. I think the panels do need to be replaced. they sound muffled as i said. I am not sure how much a cleaning is going to help. One is quite dusty.And i did vacuum them before plugging them in.

As for a comparison i will wait until the ML's are back in tip top shape.

bigaudiofanatic

I will say i am getting rid of my psw10 these put out way more bass than that thing ever would.

Also they are amazing looking, I drooled over looking at them in the dim light while watching a concert.

-justin-

Get the Alison Krauss & Union Station "Live" album, track 2, disc 2. This is a great live recording and this cut really shows off the depth of the sound stage those speaker will give you. It has male and female vocals, along with some kick-**** instrumental work. Congrats!

carvcom

Hey BAF, I am a big fan of Goldfrapp, female techno with alot of depth.
I would love to hear her on some MLs.

bigaudiofanatic

Will have to give her a shot, have a few new albums coming from amazon should be here this week.

EndersShadow

Personally throwing in a suggestion for Nightwish, Within Temptation or Dragonforce