Mbl Magic?

Pedrillo, MBL's like any other speaker will be a personal flavour some will appreciate what they do and others will prefer others and that's life. I am a MBL 101E owner, I have owned many speakers in the past such as panels, electrostatics, dynamic box speakers, sub-satellite combo's and I have to say after hearing the MBL's nothing else I have heard satisfies me as these do. I currently have them hooked-up with Convergent "CAT" JL3 Signature MK2 mono blocks and this sound is to die for. Absolutely the most satisfying sound that I have ever personally experience in my own set-up. I went through recently having allot of top contender solid state amplifiers and nothing, I mean nothing came even close.

Pedrillo you know the experience that you are having hearing the speakers and comparing to others and how you feel well put it this way you haven't heard them yet until you hear them hooked-up with CAT amps so if you are impressed now just wait and you will be in awe.

Pedrillo MBL 101E's, oh and just to let you know I use to own Avalon Isis and prefer these.

Hi Semi if you refer to my first response to this thread you will see I said "MBL speakers like any other speaker will be a personal flavour, some will appreciate what they do and others will not and prefer other speakers and that's life."

I will say after reading your response you obviously have never heard a proper MBL set-up or possibly you might just fit into this category of not liking them which is okay but the issues that you mentioned defiantly don't exist in my MBL 101E set-up.

I don't use MBL electronics with my set-up, I did try the MBL 9008 mono blocks within my set-up but most definitely prefer the CAT mono blocks.

Hi Pedrillo I seem to be the only one so far responding to your thread who is an actual owner of MBL's. There seems to be some reference regarding the bass etc. Pedrillo anyone who actually owns these (101E's that is) speakers knows that they can change the over all sound easily which includes the bass so there is no issue here.

I would suggest anyone with this issue look elsewhere within the set-up they are listening to and not faulting the speakers, possibly set-up issues, room issues, associated electronics etc. I have found most only speculate from set-ups they have heard which is either at shows or dealers locations which is not a ideal situation nor the proper way to evaluate any product but to only get a flavour for it. All I can tell you that I have no bass issues and I'm driving them with tube amps, well not just any tube amps but CAT JL3's and they produce more realistic bass than the actual MBL amps I had tried and Pass X600.5's. I preferred the Pass bass over the MBL amp bass also. If you like what you are hearing now just wait until you get them into your place and get them dialed in, you will be in for a real treat and your speaker journey will come to a end. I will say that these speakers have been the easiest to set-up and a pleasure to listen to from any seat in the house.

The over all sound is so realistic and the stage presence is "scary real" holographic.