Amp./Preamp. sugg. for MBL 111 speakers


Heard these at my A/V dealers and was intrigued. Curious as to what amplifiers match up well with these speakers. They seem to need a lot of power to get full benefit.
bsteinke

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I agree that you will need a MONSTER amp. Finding something that is both powerful and has great bass control while still retaining finesse, sweetness, air and detail is a trick in itself. Since the price of these speakers is up there, i'm assuming that your price range is "less constricted". This opens up quite a few options. The Rowland's, the big McCormack, older Threshold mono-block's, etc... are what initially come to mind. All of those are up to the task. What you use as a preamp would be the deciding factor on tonal balance, etc... Like anything else in audio, this is all up to personal interpretation. Like you, i find these speakers very intriguing. Definetly not good for "shaking the house" though : ) Sean >
OOPS !!! I was thinking of the MBL 101 Radialstrahler's. I looked up the 111's and they are quite different from the 101's. I have NO idea as to what an "Isotropic tweeter" is. I did notice that they too are "low impedance/low sensitivity power suckers", so i wasn't off by much in that respect. I am somewhat at a loss as i really know nothing of this speaker other than printed specs. With that said, i'll have to refrain from making specific recommendations and could only resort to generic observations. Since there is plenty of that going around already, i won't add to the confusion. Should you want to, feel free to contact me via email. Having someone to bounce ideas off of can sometimes come in handy. I do have experience with low impedance / very low sensitivity speakers so i can relate to where your coming from. Sean >