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In Reply to: RE: New side and rear surrounds - Magnepan, BG, Sunfire? posted by methylmarty on January 09, 2015 at 08:01:39
Just an aside:
I did consider Mini Maggies, as they would most likely be the best sonic match to my Tympani. However, this would lead to one of two things, both of which I am trying to avoid for aesthetic and budgetary purposes:
1) I would need to have a third center location for each DWM, meaning two more giant black squares hanging from the ceiling, just more centered and obvious.
2) I would need a DWM on each channel, again meaning giant black squares everywhere and an extra $1800 in addition to however more the minis cost over my other options.
When I build my dedicated theater room I can do silly things like this, but as I am about to renovate my living room I think I would like to streamline and get it right the first time.
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I should probably also add that being this is the living room in my house it has several odd openings to other rooms which are simply not conducive to planars on the floor in any configuration. If the MMGs are my best option, they will stay on the ceiling where they are, and that is my only option to continue living with Maggies as I can't justify Minis making it even more crowded to the DWMs.
So my choices are basically narrowed to the on/in-wall offerings from BG and Sunfire, else I will make no changes.
So has anyone heard the BGs or Sunfires? Or if not those particular models, any similar models from those brands?
By the way, in the layout I provided the Tympani are way closer to the wall than they really are; in my current setup the bass panels are 3' from the back wall and the twt/mid panels are 18" in front of that. Also, the subwoofers are really 18" from the back wall (they have dual-opposed drivers facing front and back). Everything else in the drawing is to scale. The gridlines represent square feet.
The problem with Magnepans is that they need to be located far from the front wall/side wall/back wall that makes it difficult to integrate with a HT set-up. It's a difficult task. I'm not sure of a solution but minis seem like a easier to integrate solution.
Russ,
Yes, this has always been a problem as I live in a moderately sized house. The only place large enough at the moment is the master bedroom, and while my wife tolerates the living room she will not agree to more than two channel in the bedroom. Eventually I am building out from my weight room to make a 20'x20-something' sized theater, but until then...
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