Martin Logan Clarities out, Linn Tukans in
As a musician with a pretty good set of ears (I've been recording and mastering music for about 20 years), it was with a heavy heart that I packed up my prized Martin Logan electrostatic speakers for a few months (years?). You see, these free-standing speakers are tall enough to come up to my chest and have a magnificent sound. They also have a bunch of cords at ground level, and those are simply too enticing for our little crawler. Dani is incredibly mobile now, and she loves to grab and pull cords. So, they had to go.
In their place, I mounted my Linn Tukans. These are "bookshelf" speakers, only 12" tall. I bought them the first time we lived out here in the Bay Area, and I have been carting them around ever since. I'm pleased to say that I forgot how good these sound. Even without a subwoofer (also out of the question given our little crawling cord-puller), they sound deep and rich. They are mounted on either side of the new 52" Sharp LCD, and aside from the fact that they represent the only visible cables in the entire setup (a small bit of wire between the TV and each speaker), I'm pretty happy.
I'll miss my Martin Logans, but am having fun rediscovering these speakers that I bought almost a decade ago.
There, that's your audio geekiness for the weekend.
