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In Reply to: regrettably selling... posted by Scott 2.6/R on December 4, 2006 at 10:33:10:
While I don't have a good answer for you, I wanted to point out that most good box speakers require just as much space around them as Maggies to sound their best. You can fairly easily move the lightweight Maggies to their best location for times when you're doing some critical listening. Large box speakers are usually a lot harder to move for short listening sessions.Since you love your Maggies so much, perhaps you should put more thought into a solution before you get rid of them. As an alternative you might consider the MMG's. While you may consider them a step down from your current speakers, based on your preference for the Maggie sound, they may still give you greater satisfaction than many box speakers.
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There is absolutely no comparison between the MMGs and the RM30s. Not even close.The RM30s are not simple "box" speakers since ribbons cover everything from 280 Hz up. They are ribbon-cone hybrids.
My comments were based upon the thoughts expressed in the original note. I'm aware that quality of the two speakers can't be compared, but the request was for smaller footprint speaker than the Maggies which could be kept close to the wall.Perhaps I have the wrong model in mind but I thought the RM30's were around 4 feet tall, 8 or 9 inches wide and around 20" deep. Is that correct? In that case the fooprint is significantly larger than the maggies around 8x20 equaling at least 160 sq inches. If I have the right speaker, than it weighs over 100 pounds making it difficult to move. Since it probably should be at least 1 1/2 feet from the rear wall that means the front baffle will be at least 38" from the wall.
My initial point is that box speakers can require as much room as Maggies to sound their best.
Not clear that footprint is the issue as opposed to placement. A number of folks have reported good results with RM30s touching the rear wall. You can't get good results from maggies doing that.Yes. They are 100+ pounds each. But they slide about quite easily.
No arguments with any of your points. I haven't heard them myself, but I'll presume they sound really good. What do they go for?
> > What do they go for? < <About $3,000 the pair.
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