Martin Logan Monolith MkIII opinions?
nooshinjohn
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Found a pair of these locally in mediocre shape that need to be (except for the panels) completely rebuilt from the crossovers up.
I am unable to get ears on them because they are completely dis-assembled, and the woofers are shot, needing to have the surrounds redone at a minimum. Once these are restored, what would I expect to hear from them sound-wise, and would they be worth the time to put back together even?
I am unable to get ears on them because they are completely dis-assembled, and the woofers are shot, needing to have the surrounds redone at a minimum. Once these are restored, what would I expect to hear from them sound-wise, and would they be worth the time to put back together even?
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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RUMOR REPORT: Not confirmed!
I heard that Martin-Logan dumped all their spare parts for older speakers, and the customer service took a tumble. Anyone else hear similar? -
You would be better off with a QuAD Stack system!!Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
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I'd suspect if they've got some age on them, you'd be better off passing. If the rest of the speaker is torn to hell, I wouldn't expect much more from the panels, and that's the most important/expensive part of the speaker.
Panels are new-in-the-box already from Martin Logan.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
John those speakers are proper money pits and the price of a woofer should it fail will be in the thousands and all the parts are crazy expensive for not that much in return. All the new lines have smaller panels but the new panels put out twice as much sound per square inch due to the new design in the perforation of the mylar. My opinion is that if you want some logans then seek out a pair of used summit for under 5k.
The bonus thing about the speakers your looking at is if those panels are brand new because your talking a couple of grand for those. -
A friend of mine had those same speakers and finally sold them after a panel failure
He's running some old quads which are much more robust, heck they are 40yrs old with no failures except a HV capMain System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
