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In Reply to: RE: OK here's the lengthier review promised. 3.7i experiences to date... posted by Audiophilander on February 02, 2015 at 01:46:20
AuPh...
I think you pretty much nailed it...glad the Magtech is working out for you...it is kind-of a special amp...other than very neutral, it is hard to describe the "sound" of the Magtech...
I turned 51 this year, so I feel-ya...I too am a bit of a rocker...and other than bass hitting you in the chest...I really like them for rock...
I am a fan of WELL recorded drums...
Steve Lillywhite is a master, IMHO, of producing excellent drum sounds...(see link at the bottom)...to many to list, but here are a few...
U2, War..."Like a Song"...the snare drum sounds like a gun-shot...and an un-dampened bass drum on "Seconds"...(the garage band from garage land)...the whole album is ruff and raw...Edge's guitar solo in New Year's Day...sounds like bombs dropping in flight...
Big Country, "In a Big Country"
Simple Minds...anything in the 80's
Dave Mathews Band, Crash...track 6, starts with drum solo...perfectly panned kit...one of my references when listening to any changes...he has done 4 of the DMB albums...
The Police...Hugh Padgham producer, "One World", my all time fav recorded drum performance...Sting takes the leash off Stewart Copeland and he just cuts loose...he beats the $hit out of that little jazz kit...that 18" bass drum, sounds like a floor tom...punchy...punchy...punchy...
Rush, Moving Pictures...Neil's MONSTER kit is a runaway train...
Many of mid 70's recordings, WHEN EVERYTHING WAS OVER-DAMPENED, and drums sounded like cardboard boxes stuffed with foam peanuts...close mike-ed in a marshmallow room...lots of good music and bad drums...IMHO...
Anyways I digress...Happy everything is working out for you...I still use my goose-bump meter the most...when the rig is right...the emotional connection to the music comes through...I am no longer listening...I am enjoying...from your review sounds like you found that place...
Congrats...
Take care
Mark
Follow Ups:
Thanks, Mark. Undoubtably my report is full of oversights (even with the edit). I put my thoughts together late at night. One thing I left out is that I'm rolling tubes in my ModWright PS 9.0 (power supply), changing my NOS 5AR4 for a Philips 5R4GYS rectifier tube that Kevin Deal claims will make an even more dramatic improvement in the overall presentation.
I'm elated with my experiences thus far. Early on it became clear that rolling certain combinations of tubes provided dramatic changes to soundstage width, depth, voicing and top to bottom cohesiveness, more so with the Maggies than my previous speakers. Given that spiked Mye stands support these statuesque beauties the idea of fine tuning the sound by moving tubes around instead of the speakers is quite appealing (grin).
I recommend spending about $100 for these 55 Classical Music discs, http://tinyurl.com/m3qyj2d (Mercury Living Presence "2"), if you can tolerate listening to classical music. It might possibly offer an additional opinion concerning Magnepan's 3.X's offerings.
It's easy spending your money. IAE after it goes o/p, you'd be able to earn a nice profit.
I do enjoy classical and have a fair sized collection of Living Stereo SACDs. Some of my faves are the Rimsky-Koprsakov Scheherazade (Fritz Reiner cond.), Ravel Bolero (Charles Munch cond.), Rhapsody in Blue (Arthur Fiedler cond.). I failed to mention the Decca gold CD of Holst Planets (Zubin Mehta cond.) or Danny Elfman's quirky Serenada Schizophrana, which will be next up on the OPPO.
Those suggestions look like a huge bargain and the Amazon customer reviews testify to the quality. Much appreciated, Norman!
Cheers,
AuPh
I was pleased to read your reply, particularly because you have an affinity for classical music, which is kinda rare these days partly I think because folks have lots to do (including tweaking their systems!)therefore having little patience to listen to longer works, wanting shorter 'tunes'.
(Danny Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana, is new to me, but having listened to clips and read about it at allmusic.com, I just ordered an unused new copy from Amazon.com for only $10.50 including shipping).
Likewise, "much appreciated"
Norman
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