So, I finally settled on a system I can enjoy :)

[fjhuerta]

Thanks to all of you!

After much thoughtful consideration (and listening to the piano player last Saturday - see thread on the Music section), I finally settled on a nice enough system I can enjoy!

I gave away the MartinLogans. My parents now own them. They love them for classical, but I never really liked them for pop rock, jazz and prog rock.

I dusted off my old JBL LX-66s. Adding my Adcom amplifier made for a pretty nice and inexpensive system. That one will be my "fun" system - man, those JBL's can rock!

I finally assembled my personal system. It's pretty simple, actually. Mr. Margules helped me, by trial and error, to assemble a cost effective, relaxing, and superb one (not to mention - I didn't spend too much!). Using a set of his MTM speakers (the A3.2), a hybrid amp (ACRH-1), his ADE-24, and my stereo SACD, I now own a pretty nice system. Later on, I'll add my DIY Tempest sub.

That's pretty much it.

And I'm happy now. It's all about the music from now on! :D :D :D

[Jeffrey]

Originally posted by fjhuerta

And I'm happy now. It's all about the music from now on! :D :D :D

Hi Javier,

Congrats! :cheers:

Let the good times/tunes roll,
Jeffrey

[Gary]

Glad you stuck it out!

As if you had any choice but..... you know what I mean!

Congratulations!

[fjhuerta]

As if you had any choice but..... you know what I mean!


You mean, getting rid of the 'Logans? Yep, I understand.:) They absolutely shine with well recorded material, but are extremely picky about recordings. Even more so with source components and amplification. As much as I enjoyed them with good CD's, I couldn't live with them... no matter what.


I feel your pain. I had the ML Ascents, with the Cinema center and Scripts for surrounds. Anything poorly mastered or compressed sounded horrible on the Logans. Only 20% of the titles I own sounded good on the Logans


It's sad to let the Logans go, because, as you say, when you feed them good stuff, they sound completely out of this world. Fortunately, my parents kept them, so someday I'll get them back :)

As a sidenote - the Margules system is *so* amazing, it's the first time EVER my parents have said something about my system. They said it was *perfect* - even when using a pair of lowly ProMonitors by Definitive Technology! I can't agree more - the system is absolutely superb. There's something about tube pre-amps that sounds simply right.

If you are able to, try to listen in your system to his ADE-24 (www.margules.com.mx). I'm not really sure what it does to a CD player's output, other than making it sound a lot better... highly recommended.