Ordered my new amp today... been a long road!

Martin Logan’s... not loans. Dang phone

Acresverde:

I had nothing but problems with the ML’s. 

Bad Panel... NOT cheap
both bass drivers... at different times. ML didnt even charge me for the Bass drivers... been a weak link with them. I even sent my McIntosh amp in to get checked and was clean! Frustrating and costly.

I decided to get pistons again and be done with it... the 10T’s are solid inside and out.... the damn stands weigh more than the ML’s!

I want to listen to music and enjoy, not listen for defects. 

30ga... was sarcasm ... lol 

I have great 10 ga custom power cords. :)

yes 30 amp

Yes aerial 10t’s

Thanks... Loved the logans when they worked... the Vista's were trouble. I have owned ADS most of my life and a good friend and rep in the business had a friend with a pair of 10t's he was selling... I didn't pay that much attention until I found out Micheal Kelly's history. I got the Logans up to spec and sold them pretty cheap. Bought the AA's with stands without hearing them... 4 hr drive... from my friend. I used them with the MC7100 but no balls to runs the 10T's. Sold it and bought the A21+. I have a simple C-41 Mac pre and great simple cables... 

It shipped yesterday so by the 30th I think it's go time.

I want more than ever to be done... I keep good systems... Still using my 1976 Boogie MK1 I bought from Randell Smith. 

I have a small room dedicated to music and painting... time to buy some Hendricks Gin... :)

I'll report back when she gets here and I trick my friend next door into getting her upstairs. lol

I’m 63 now.... lol

I dont think I can top these with my budget... started with  Crown IC 150 ...Crown DC 300... JBL L-100’s when in the AF 1977.

I have a stick up my @ss when it comes to streaming... cost’s are high and continuous bill per month and you dont own anything...

never say never...lol

I think I will be fine... I actually sent both tweeters to Michael Kelly to have them checked for problems... seemed a bit bright. Reasonable charge and no problems. If the A21+ is warm I'm grateful for that. I have a big system in a small space. The 10 T's need power and warm power is great for me. The little Mac was warm but started to fart out with Tower Of Power and Uberjam... Then Two Against Nature really put the Mac in time out... those little blinky lights are not good... :) I am fortunate to be able to own and listen to great equipment in both my listening and with my band... I play Two Rock amps and own one of four Rodgers Super 18 amps ever built by the legendary Larry Rodgers... I still play my 76 Boogie I bought new.  Most of my effect pedals are custom built... I am truly grateful. It's been almost two years since I have been able to sit and experience music in my small art studio and listening room. I tend to like warm reproduction. Maggie's and Logans are a different animal compared to a set of pistons always ready to move air. I will prob never go down the panel path again. What a nightmare..... I may be the only person that has a ML panel in their garden! 

 
Give me pistons or give me death!
( not really the death part but it sounds good.)

Less than a week...

Cheers Feldman.

Yes they do need current and the 21A+ has that in spades. I really want the headroom and lower volume SQ this will bring.

I would love that move but I needed a new amp and I mean new with warranty ect. as this my be the last big investment I can make for a good amount of time. At the price I got this amp for I couldn’t buy a 20 year old Mac... lol

The 30ga. power cable was obviously a joke... I can’t afford 30 gauge wire now that I bought this amp... :0 I'll just use a old set of christmas lights I have in the shed. ;)

I have not heard any amps... no place to do that here. After I sold the Mac, it was all down hill till now. My wife Is disabled and for her to go 3-5 hours and then audition amps at a couple stores is painful for her... I have a dear friend in the industry I trust completely and he knows my gear, after all I have bought every piece except the Mac pre from him for 20 years, including the 10t’s he had in his third system. He has had the 21A+ hooked to the 10t’s and suggested this amp considering my budget and my listening habits. He has never led me astray... just the opposite. 

I have some good cables...

I made some 10ga cables... I also have a set of Transparent Music Wave

It will be here Tuesday night... how am I going to trick my friend Matt next door to help me get it upstairs? Oh yeah... beer!

My friend Chad is driving it here from Charlotte NC... 

I still have the C-41... the MC 7100 couldn’t run the 10t’s... period

why would i keep a piece that doesnt work in a system

Didn’t know THAT rule... smh