OK, today is the day that I always hear guys talk about. The day they first heard a pair of electro-stat speakers, and fell in love.

A local shop in town are brokering a deal with Martin Logan. As a result, they've had a pair of ESL's for approx. 2 weeks. They told me that they were still playing with placement and room treatment, so I didn't expect much.

Lucky for me, they chose the analog room to set them up. I ran out to the car and grabbed the new Sonny Rollins re-issue I just bought. Onto the $15K Linn table it went.

BAMM!!!

I've never heard anything so amazing in my life. Not only was Rollins in the room, he was right up in my face, the mouth of his horn in my ear. I've never felt so close to a recording. The bass was plenty. The connected sub was turned off and I didn't want to hear it.

The only drawbacks I could see was the bass was a bit unfocused. Natural and present, but not very accurate. This was coming from TOTL MacIntosh. I suspect room treatment had much to do with this. They had a few bass traps in the room, perhaps these needed a shift.

The other was the sweet spot seemed very specific, and small. If I moved more than 2 or 3 feet in either direction, everything changed.

Anyhow, I'm sold. IMO, anyone who criticises these is either nuts, deaf or not heard the full potential. Simply amazing. I am halting production on my horns now.

MMG, here I come!! BTW guys, how is the ESL and MMG different?