maddog07
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I'm not going to give you any theoretical math on what or what shouldn't have good synergy with your ML's and a Torii MK.5 amp. But I do have a Torii Mk.3(with Decware upgrades) that I've had for many years now(love it - will probably never part with it) and have tried out with dozens of different speakers. I have owned three different Martin Logan speakers over the years. I currently have a pair of ML Vista's which have a slightly smaller ES panel than your ESL 13A. The Vista panel is 9.5" x 40" where the ESL 13's panel is 13" x 44". You also have 2 powered 10" woofers and the Vista has one 8" passive. The Vista's and your 13A's have the same 91db specified sensitivity. Long story short - My Torii mk3 Does Not drive the Vista's well - at all. The Vista's need a lot of voltage, as do most ML electrostatic panels IME. The Vista's are pretty lifeless driven by the Torii 3 at any volume. Now... put the Torii 3 on "any" of the numerous crossover-less, full-range single driver speakers I have, and that combo will spank the pants off my Vista's driven by any amp I have ever tried. Amongst my audio buddies, when they first heard my Torii/full-rangers compared to my Vista/big solid state amps, one of them dubbed my Martin Logan's as the "Slow-gans". The crossover-less full-rangers/Torii combo's have so much more life and micro dynamics, especially at low volumes. I also have a Cary SLI-80 SE tube integrated, at 4x the power of my Torii 3. It does not drive my ML Vista's the best either. Before you drop large coin on an amp, I would really recommend you try that amp driving the speakers you intend to pair it with first.
Come on up to the Decfest next month and listen to some combo's. I attended my first Zenfest in 2012 after getting bit really hard at RMAF by a demo of a flea-watt single ended amp driving single, full-range driver, crossover-less speakers. It literally changed my life, after 40+ years in this hobby chasing the holy grail...
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Decware Torii MK3, Theta Digital Miles, RME ADI Dac-2 FS, Aesthetix Calypso, Martin Logan Vista, Audio Nirvana 12's & 15's, Betsy WOW/AMT's, Hawthorne Trio's, PS Audio PW P5, Goertz, Kimber, Nordost, Decware and DIY wires, PSA pwr cords, Cary SLI-80 Sig.
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