I got a brief chance to listen to speakers that I never heard of yesterday. Marten “Coltrane3”, powered by VTL monoblocks, preamp, MSB digital. I only had 30 minutes to listen but wow, were they nice.
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My brothers neighbor has the Parker Trios, without the diamond tweeter option, with the small FM Acoustic monoblocks
Heard it twice. Wonderful both times!
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I’ve been a big fan of Marten speakers for some time.
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I never heard of them before. The sound was really hard to find faults with and the quality of construction reminded me of Sonus Faber or Riva boats.
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George at Kyomi was a Marten dealer. Now Jaime at Audio Experience is our local Marten dealer.
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When I heard them with Al at Kyomi I wasn’t that impressed but the MBL’s were in the other room so the bar was set high. George still has a pair of Marten’s and we heard them connected to a Diablo 333 and that wasn’t too bad Axpona week @adifferentpaul was there also.
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IME Martens do very well with clean tube gear, like Zesto.
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As always, If I like it, RonP hates it. If he likes it, I hate it. Martens are in the not useful to me category. They do nothing for me at all. Could be a predisposition sorta thing.
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How about Rose’?
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As in wine? Put a glass of wine in front of me and I will enjoy it. Purchase it? Study it, worship it? Not me. In fact, alcohol is largely in my past.
(Except Margaritas) (I mean, Margaritas!!!)
I love your company though! I am a hard core RonP fan!
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No-wait. I dislike Rose’, so you must… never mind.
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The rules apply only to audio gear. Oddly enough, Wilson speakers included.
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