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Martin Logan CLS panel distortion
Martn logan pannel are just like airfilters they remove airborn particals from the room ,you will be lucky to get 7 years out of the pannel before dust dirt and grease from cooking loads them up .Even if they are away from kitchens and fireplaces.... 
Speakers for small room and TUBE AMP?
Zhorns or cain & cain abbys or moths .Or better yet DIY your own.JK 
Anyone seen the ad for free Mi-Horns?
Tried them on 3 speaker ,changes the sound balance ,Not a good thing to do on a well designed speaker even sucked on my computer speakers .If horns are what you want buy the real thing these are just toys for the foolish but for free I tried them ... 
DJ Speakers for home use small room
I have a pair of comunity PA speakers 2 way 50hz-22khz used once will sell for $300 shipping inc. only a week old .JK 
Review: ZHORN FOSTEX Speaker
Hi Paul sorry didnt try that .Are going for the mini cain & cain studio ben? 
Have you tried the ART SLA-1 amp yet?
That amp has a fan in it ,I will pass ,doesnt look too exiting ,Antique Sound Lab Waves would be the better deal. 
Maggies & Logans: Why so many for sale?
I have owned 8 pairs or Martin logans and the descent sub also 2 pair of maggies .They are great speakers but since I have discovered Sensitive speakers and SET amps I can not listen to them any more They just dont touch my soul .Technically there... 
Review: ZHORN FOSTEX Speaker
TWL I used lowther pm4a new cone .Didnt like them too much they where very peaky .Used them in a dual oris 150 horn set up so ran 2 pair .They might be better in a back loaded horn .Thxs for your reply .Happy listening .JK 
Review: ZHORN FOSTEX Speaker
Hi Paul ,the Zhorn uses the new fostex fe168ez driver ,Thats one of the reasons I perfered the sound .I have heard the horn shop and zhorn on other gear .And if you look at what I demo them on you will see that its quite capable of reproducing wha... 
Review: ZHORN FOSTEX Speaker
Hi Lak ,both speakers have usefull highs up to arround 15khz, I would give the edge to the Zhorn .Tery cains abby is a nice speaker .But for the money I would go with the Zhorn .If you want more Hi,s you could use fostex t90a tweeters ,They even i... 
Review: WAVAC MD-300B Tube amp
I have owned 2 md300b amps .And I have used them with and without preamps .I perfer wihout but then again Iam running horns that are over 103db .Used it on other speakers works great without a pre if your speakers are over 95db.I have owned many ,... 
Replacing speaker drivers...Improvements?
Justlisten, 6years old drivers ? keep them .If you want to mess arround with DIY speakers check out madisound.com .They have replacement drivers and others stuff h#ll you could build a avolon edilon diamond,Great place .happy listening 
Do tube dampers really work?
Owned a audible illusions ,made an improvement 
Ok this will be a good thread.
I would have said the source 2 years ago but it seems to me that there are many affordable sources.So I vote for speakers I have tried listening to my $14000 horns on a sony boombox would rather listen to a great speaker this way then a cheap spea... 
Booming bass from my B&W Nautilus
Are the speakers spiked ?.You do probley have to move them away from the back and side walls, if this fails .Buy horns and a SET amp .just kidding.I havent had good luck with BMW .