Welcome! Need support, you got it. Or share your ideas and experiences.
Return to Planar Speaker Asylum
99.104.90.89
In Reply to: RE: Lovin my MMG's, except..... posted by tinnitusintx on February 15, 2012 at 21:20:01
If easy to do remove all room treatment and see how the drums sound. I have found that most people overdamp there room to the detriment of a live sound feel. Drums on my 3.6's really kick and other than 2 Fica trees I use no room treatment
Alan
Follow Ups:
"most people overdamp" Right. LOL! Alan, I'll tell about it if it works...and you'll flip when you see how far I've been going in the opposite direction. It is an attempt to get away with murder: open glass!
Well, seems there's a new twist to my situation. I've been on the fence about continuing the tweaks to my MMGs or just moving up to 1.6's. Well, a set of 1.6s has become available to me for a reasonable price and I think this is the direction I'd like to go....unless someone who has experience with both models can tell me they likely wouldn't offer much of an improvement in the area of my concern. I've heard plenty of folks say they are simply a better performing set of speakers than the MMGs, but if I'm gonna be right back in the same boat with weaker drum reproduction than what I get from my best cone/box speakers then I'd sure like to know that before I drop the coin on 1.6's. As it stands, the MMG's can be put back to stock.....once I do the xover mod I've kind of crossed that line and may not be as easy to sell.
Can you fit a pair of big ones? Like Tympanis? It seems to me they'd be ideal for someone who likes drums and they're in the same general price range as the 1.6's. They come close to what a big dynamic can do in terms of dynamic range and bass extension; the only time my 1-D's ever broke a sweat was during the cannon shots on the Telarc 1812. As far as I know they have the best midbass of any speaker ever made. They combine slam with naturalism, while other speakers seem to give you a choice between one or the other.
I marvel at the big sound the little MMG's can make and could live with them for the rest of my life, but, sonically, the MMG's are a compact car to the Tympanis' Mack truck.
1.6s are MORE but not necessarily better.
The 1.6s do have better bass extension, but..........
Before junking out the MMGs, please try standing them up straight.
Too much is never enough
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: