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    Martin Logan introduces VaporSound™ Transparent Technology

    Gotta love those funny engineers @ ML.;) http://www.martinlogan.com/vaporsound/index.php
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    Dirac Live

    According to this post @ AVS, the beta version of Dirac Live is now in the hands of users. The free Limited Trial version page is also up, though there's no link for download that I can find - yet. As described, the Trial version allows users to: •Assure compatibility with computer and...
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    RMAF What’s Best Dinner Final Details – Attendees Pls Read!

    RMAF is upon us! WBF will be well represented and it looks like we’ll have ~20 folks for Saturday dinner. Steve and I would like to remind everyone of details, and to ask for your cooperation as regards payment: Day/Time: Saturday, 8PM Location: Bent Fork Grill, 12191 East Iliff...
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    RMAF 2011 - Who's in?

    RMAF isn't far off - Oct 14-16. Who else is planning to attend? Hopefully, some of us can meet up for a nice dinner one evening. I'll be there with a local audio buddy Friday PM thru Sunday PM.
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    Ben Hur!

    Finally, after unfulfilled rumor after rumor, it appears that the much-anticipated 6K remaster is finally near: http://digitalbits.com/#mytwocents Emphases mine. After all the care reputedly given the restoration, it's hard to imagine this won't be reference material.
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    Electro-Motion ESL fronts

    More detail and photos have just been posted @ ML's official site for the EM-ESL mains, Folded Motion XT center and surrounds. http://www.martinlogan.com/electromotion/index.php $1,995/pair list for the ESL mains is pretty darned affordable.
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    Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Tom Waits and Darlene Love to be inducted into R&R HoF

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11997784 But I especially resonated with this bit: We used to see Alice every time he came to the Hollywood Bowl. In a typical show introduction, local car dealer Cal Worthington rode an elephant onto the stage. General mayhem during the shows...
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    Renaissance “Ashes Are Burning” SHM-CD Japanese Import

    A fellow member was kind enough to point out that CDJapan carries several Renaissance albums, issued on SHM-CD. Renaissance is one of my favorite bands and, in search of the “ideal master”, I own every known Redbook issue of most albums and was keen to give the SHM-CD a spin. For comparison...
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    Service Notice for Discontinued Martin Logan Products

    Edited to add: Please see post #4 which supercedes the info in this original post. For those who may not frequent the Martin Logan Club forum, here's an important announcement from ML customer support: http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129340&postcount=1 I'm purely...
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    TAS Reviews the Summit X

    In the January TAS, Dick Olsher reviews the Summit X. Available right now for subscribers and Golden Ear members, or you can buy the individual issue via download for a few bucks. A very favorable review in which he praises all the usual ML attributes, as well as the X's improved ability to...
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    Classé Debuts Preamp of the Future

    Classe press release today from CEDIA: Yet another in an interesting trend in 2ch preamps which include subwoofer management and either EQ or DRC, amongst other features.
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    Trying to Control a Lightning Storm

    From Stereophile May 1997, a fun interview with Gayle Sanders about Martin Logan early days. http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/145/index7.html Also interesting discussion on ASC room treatment setup and ML measurements on the associated pages. God bless Stereophile for their...
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    Martin Logan @ CEDIA 2010

    Ml's been posting some tantalizing hints on Facebook, e.g. http://www.facebook.com/pages/MartinLogan/78198259094#!/pages/MartinLogan/78198259094?v=wall and that's all we know for a few more days. We do know that they promised a few new ESL models this year, which is consistent. If...
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    Bay Area Audio Society June GTG

    I had the very great pleasure of attending the BAAS get-together yesterday and have to say that it was an absolute blast! As a BAAS interloper, I wasn't sure who to expect, but I was pleased to meet not only Steve, but Greg (gregadd), Ron (Ron Party), John (Smokester), Larry (Astrotoy), Greg...
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    MB 450 Sig issues

    OK, VTL wizards, I need your experience and advice... About a year ago, I purchased a set of ca 2003 i.e. "old" style MB450 sigs to try with my Martin Logans. Since the original tubes were of unknown life expectancy, I immediately retubed with new octets of GL KT88's, NOS 6350 Sylvania...
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    Target Curves

    The good news for TacT owners is that target FR curves are selectable and highly adjustable. Armed with a laptop, we can insert/move/delete filters to our hearts content in search of “the perfect curve”. Adjustment may be made in increments as small as 0.8Hz and 0.1dB. Furthermore, multiple...
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    New ML Ethos speaker

    Quick specs: 44" x 9.2" XStat™ CLS™ Transducer 200W 8-inch PoweredForce™ Woofer 24-bit Vojtko™ DSP Engine 8-inch Passive Radiator http://www.martinlogan.com/ethos/index.php Newest member of the Reserve ESL line. $6,495 MSRP IIRC, ML has one or two more ESL models coming this year.

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