This sytem I really enjoyed. Nice balance, expansive soundstage and good music. Dire Straits' "Ride Across the River" I think was on. I'd be interested in what Kal Rubinson thought as he was in the room at the time.

I’ve been involved with this hobby, both for fun and professionally for 30 years. I don’t get the MBLs. I know they throw a HUGE sound. But what I don’t get is how they produce tone. To these ears they don’t. I’ve hear this system many times over the years. I was at the LA show. A symphonic CD was playing and for me the sound was too all over the place so I moved up. The sound was much more under control in this new position but the metallic coloration was even more apparent to me now. I asked a gentleman sitting next to me if he had heard the Walsh type drivers. He had owned a few pair and that is what drew him to witness MBL technology. While the orchestra played their hearts out a violinist was bowing a very long single tone note. Hearing this I asked my new friend to identify the instrument that was making that sound. HE COULD NOT!! I asked “is it a piccolo or a violin of a flute”, he could not tell. This system’s worth was near $200,000.00! There is no excuse at that price for any problems. The