martin logan prodigy vs sound lab m-2

Here we are almost 10 years later. I now have owned many soundlabs and Martin logans. I am waiting on my 4th pair of ml prodigys. I own the soundlab m1s with the new px mylar. Let me first say I have owned two pair of nova utopia be speakers ; two pair of utopias and grand bes . I have owned ml summits and the list goes on. I loved all the speakers mentioned. There is something purely magical about a panel not that a great dynamic speaker cannot sound awsome it is just I keep going back to stats. I think soundlabs are eerie as it gets. If the m1s took up less space I would keep them forever. By the way I also owned Maestro utopias. And the grand be might bridge the gap but at what price. What a great hobby.

I owned Prodigy had one of the 1st pairs made. I didnt enjoy my time with them mostly due to having to sort out production issues with ML that should of been worked out before release. I felt like a beta tester. Still once sorted they sounded ok not great this was a pain and I had to do most of this my self including changing out panel twice and woofers in a brand new loudspeaker. I got so fed up I begged my dealer for a return and they allowed it. No more ML products for me I'm done. Go sound lab.

I'm rather embarrassed by how promotional my post from 2001 now reads. I try not to do that any more.

Duke

Duke, nothing to apologize for. BTW, your posts always make me drool for a Sound Lab. If I could only place them within 2.5 feet of rear wall (and had the cash, LOL), I'd grab a pair tomorrow.

Duke it's kewl. We can all relate to writing about gear we're passionate about.

I second Jeffkad, and personally if I could afford SL's I'd likely not be living with ML's. Nothing against my CLS', but we know it's not a true full range ESL. But w/a sub it's not a bad poor man's setup.