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In Reply to: RE: Lovin my MMG's, except..... posted by tinnitusintx on February 15, 2012 at 21:20:01
Well, it's difficult to get the drum sound right on any playback equipment. Sometimes it's the recording. But, that said, my MMG's can hit pretty hard - especially my biamp'ed once driven by Crown xti2000 Amps - I've been able to hit 113 dB peaks (~1000 Watts) at 2 meters away from the panels. Note however, that a real drum kit rim shot will reach to the high 120's at 2 meters. - and that's with a band limited (48kHz sampling) precision sound meter (B&K Type 2270) doing the measurement.I use a couple of sub's on my biamp system as well. crossovers at 80 and 1100Hz.
There are many "Box" loudspeaker systems that do better on Drums - and the 3.6's and 20.1's (not yet in my house) seem to have more impact.
Sometimes I think that a panel speaker that all parts and not driven equally (note the tuning dots & look back or search my post on MMG Intensity Plots) are more destructive to impulses than they could be. kinda makes sense. But the MMg's are excellent audiophile value for the money - because of their room friendlyness. Oh and as another poster commented - not too much absorption please.
Three most important things in Audio reproduction: Keep the noise levels low, the power high and the room diffuse.
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I think any line source or large area speaker is destructive of impulse response. However, the MMG's just don't have the sort of impact the big Maggies do, e.g., my old Tympanis. The Tympanis could rock out, my MMG's can't. Also, I don't think the QR tweeter, good as it is, can be compared to the true ribbons. Though I suspect that the main problem the OP is having here is that his room is overdamped at high frequencies.
The MMG's are not really a line source and some of this is why they sound so good! The Full range MMG-W's are even more interesting>
Three most important things in Audio reproduction: Keep the noise levels low, the power high and the room diffuse.
From the mids on up, I guess you could say that they're a tapered line source,l owing, I assume, to the fact that the top and bottom of the diaphragm are mechanically constrained? Not really a bad thing in a line source that doesn't run the full height of the room, although ideally I think the shading would all be at the top.
I don't remember seeing these, I saw another set that you posted.
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