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My Conrad Johnson Martlogan system

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Location: Near Chicago IL

Martin logan Model(s): (2) Monolith IIIx (4) Scenario (1) Cinema (2) Depth i (1) Depth

Associated Electronics:
50" Samsung 1080p Plasma HD TV
Onkyo TX-YR604 receiver for HT only
Conrad Johnson ACT 2 pre-amp for (2 channel) only
Conrad Johnson Premier 350SE amp (2 channel bi-amped)
Conrad Johnson Premier 140 (2 channel Only bi-amped)
Esoteric DV-50s UDP (2 channel only)
DVD Player LG LGDVB418
PS3
Power conditioner: ETA DPC2400
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Re: My Conrad Johnson Martlogan system

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Wow! That is a beautiful pieces of art. Look at those huge monoliths, they must sound glorious. I have martin logan vantages but they are "tiny" in comparison to those!
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I like the back lighting through the monolith panels. What do you have in the rack on the right side of the TV?
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Next to the TV I have:

A old Carver tape deck, X-box, Boxee-box, Sony PS2, Samsung Blu-ray player, Onkyo receiver ad an old Carver X-500A amp.
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Very cool. May I ask what kind of component stand you are using on the left side with the CJ equipment? Looks very nice (and expensive)!
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The rack the CJ gear is on is by Adona Corporation. The shelves are made of 1/2" granite and the stand is Aluminum. The quality is excellent at a fair price. Below is a link.

http://show.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/st.pl? ... poration&1&&&
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Wow! This is the one of the reason to save money in the future. I wish I can listen to your system.
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It is indeed very impressive. I would love to get some custom racks. I use two standard racks which serve their purpose but certainly "aren't very" impressive. I bought two of them so they would match and I needed a lot of shelves for components.
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That is a beautiful setup, I'm sure it sounds incredible!
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I really like the look of the large panel martin logans. Their newer models (other than their highest offering, CLX ART) seem to have smaller panel sizes than their earlier models in general. I have heard people say that the newer models sound very good, but that they don't offer that "wall of sound" that you get with the large panels. I would love to take a listen to some monoliths and compare them to my smaller Vantages. It's pretty difficult to even find these on sale in places like audiogon/ebay. You do often see the CLS pop up here and there for a reasonable price however.
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Beautiful system!! I enjoy the mix of equipment...and appreciate the time you've taken to lay it out elegantly. Enjoy!
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