Includes some background on Marten and on the new Momentos.
The latest penultimate speaker from Marten. We don’t know too much about it yet – but we do know is that it sits between the Coltrane and the Coltrane Supreme speakers in their product line and that it is the same size as the bass tower speakers of the Supremes.
A larger picture of this brochure is in the latest issue of spintricity.
Our Kharma Mini Exquisites have found a new home, and in exchange we have a nice pair of black Kharma 3.2fe speakers.
The Kharma 3.2 are a little skinnier, and not as deep, as the Mini Exquisites, and so it is even more fun to look at this system where the Edge Electronics NL Reference amps are almost as big as the speakers.
The 3.2 speakers do not have the diamond tweeter – and not quite the fit-and-finish of the Mini Exquisites [and remember, ours had the wood caps – oolala!].
The 3.2 speakers are easier to drive, and have less finesse, not quite the ultra-high resolution, and not quite the authority of the mini exquisites. At one-third the price on the Minis, their price performance kicks patootie in the high-res 2-way with more than decent bass speaker marketplace.
The single binding post, not being in a recessed cavity, unlike the Minis, might be easier, or it might be harder, to attach to a bi-wire speaker cable. Neli has not given me an earful, so I assume easier 🙂
