MBL 126 or 120

My Macintosh amp throws 300 watts into them on big orchestral music and they don’t blink. 

smetzger72

I agree.  Having heard the 101s numerous times, you really do get a big helping of that MBL sound from the monitors.  I know some who own both the big models and the 121s agree.

Funny enough, I never felt the same about the floorstanding MBL 111s, the full range model only using the tweeter/mid.  When I heard them, they seemed to have a slightly different tonality, which I didn't care for.I was happy when I got my 121s to hear they did sound more like the midrange of the 101s.


I actually nabbed mine from an audiogon sale, a pair that got slightly damaged in shipping to a customer - e.g. a grill that I'd never use anyway.  It was at a price that I'd never see again for MBLs so I'm glad I grabbed them.  I switch between various speakers I own, but I still have no intention of selling the MBLs as their sound is unique.



smetzger, what do you like about the sound of your new MBLs?

Hi prof,

We exchanged posts on the Joseph Audio Pulsars and the upgrade in the recent past.  I decided to but the MBL 121's instead of upgrading the Pulsars.  I had the 116's in the past. About the same amount of "out of pocket" for me.  I think a very wise decision.  We shall see.

Bubinga

please remind me: are you on the whatsbestforum too?

I too have heard the MBL 120, as well as 126 .

since I wil be using dual SVS 4000  -SB subs , the 126 has the exact same Tweeter band Midrange as their top 101 speaker ,the126 have apposing  sing 5.5 inch long throw opposing midBass drivers which is perfect for me $16 k with the matching 

stands ,and are a must to get the most  out of these speakers the stands have isolated cut outs that direct couple the speakers bolted directly to them.