Anyone familiar with the Manger driver?

D_edwards,

Thanks for the info re: the amps - feel free to send to me jim@tmhaudio.com

But I must say our Metronome Class-A mono amps (AMT-70 and AMT-140) are fast, ultra-wide bandwidth, detailed and so clear & pure. Great power supply for explosive dynamics, too!

More info at http://www.tmhaudio.com/Metronome.htm

I've been a tube guy forever and using the Manger's with a quality solid state amplifier is nothing short of breathtaking.

Jim Ricketts/tmh audio

I have heard all the Manger speakes made by the company. The best result comes out with powerful fast amps.I got a fantastic sound using 103s with Gamut electronics.Both these products have their detractors,but brought together under the right conditions,the combination can take on some the best.I suggest all Manger users to try using Gamut electronics with Mangers.When using Gamut,please use their own balanced interconnect cable only.
Sphere.

I agree with Jim: I was going to review the Mangers for Ultra Audio, but they arrived damaged. Nonetheless, I set them up to see if they played. They were freaking DAZZLING....I could hear into the soundstage in a way that the Genesis 6.1s that I reviewed for Ultra Audio didn't even come close to, although the Genesis had deeper bass. My brother, who knows nothing about audiophiledom, said that this was the first speaker that sounded like there was actually a person playing music live.....and this was with a little Arcam A65+ integrated. I kid you not: it reminded me of when I was the Equipment Manger for Fi Magazine, and I went to Larry Kay's house and heard his Grand Slamms with a Rockport turntable and Jadis Electronics: you could actually "see" the instruments instead of looking at the "outlines" of the imaging. And I was only using a JVC XL Z-1010TN. I have lusted after a pair of them ever since I had to send them back....

GB,

You, your brother and I are defnitely on the same page. The realism is what jumps out when you hear any Manger loudspeaker and it's unmistakable.

The Manger louspeaker has caused this SET tubeguy to re-think amplification. I can no longer accept slow, colored, mushy, bandwidth limited, rolled-off extremes, excessively expensive SET amplifiers as nirvana. Indeed, those colorations and limitations are simply unacceptable if one is pursuing pure musical reality.

As an aside, Daniela Manger (and everyone at Metronome, too) not only designs state-of-the-art equipment that is superbly constructed with quality parts, but their honesty and business integrity is the tops. All of this is a most welcomed change.

Jim Ricketts/tmh audio

GM,

I forgot to ask in my last post, which Manger loudspeaker did you hear?

Thanks!

Jim Ricketts/tmh audio