Cost is no object show: Martin Logan Neolith with AR Ref 750!
Yesterday we attended a good show.
Different Martin Logan models, driven by Audio Research amplification. Again organized by our dealer in Antwerp, who is celebrating the 30th birthday of his business. This was the invitation: http://www.metazahren.com/photograph..._MLNeolith.jpg Sammy is a very earnest music lover, but he always likes to keep things not too serious. Edit: the good pics come from Meta, the mediocre iPhone pics from me. :D |
This is my first shoot with the Fujinon XF16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR... very exciting!
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I've never heard a ref 750...I bet it's great. It doesn't look that great IMHO though...like a science experiment.
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I went from the biggest system to the smallest.
The biggest was really cost no object: Martin Logan Neolith Audio Research Ref 750 mono blocks (indeed: 750 Watts from tubes!) AR Ref 10 pre AR Ref DAC AR CD Transport Here you see Meta getting ready to take pics, with the reference system, and Sammy providing the music. http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_IMG_2918.jpg This is the system: http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00150.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00153.jpg |
Sammy told me the room needed much less treatment than with the B&W 800 series a couple of months ago.
The Electrostats were much easier to tame. http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00166.jpg 100K for the speakers, 30K per mono block, 20K for the pre, the DAC and the transport. http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00156.jpg Kimber speaker cables: not the lowest range either. :D http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_IMG_2921.jpg |
Brandon Lauer from AR explaining about the brand and the system:
http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00174.jpg You can see that the speakers are not small... http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00180.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00193.jpg |
The Neolith is an entirely passive speaker.
The Power Cord was from Wireworld (to bring current to the panel). http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00230.jpg I found the CD Transport to be a very nice piece of equipment: http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00406.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00408.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00415.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00245.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00247.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00252.jpg |
All kinds of music played: classical, jazz, folk, Elvis Presley (sounded good!), ...
http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00400.jpg I heard only CDs during the whole show, although some Macs were connected. http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00254.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00258.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00420.jpg CDs were lying everywhere, even behind the Ref 10: http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_IMG_2922.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_IMG_2923.jpg |
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The mighty mono blocks:
http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00238.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00394.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00429.jpg 18 tubes per channel (8 + 8 + 2 configuration): http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00424.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00239.jpg Meta also finds tubes photogenic, especially since we have them at home ourselves. http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00239.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00235.jpg http://www.metazahren.com/photograph...4_MMZ00398.jpg |
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