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In Reply to: RE: Old news posted by Satie on June 28, 2015 at 03:13:10
I put the new Maggies in the same position as my old IIIa's and they seemed to like the placement (put the tweeters out). Regardless I will need to spend a few hours (days) getting them in the right spot.
My impression so far is very similar to what I noticed at the dealers -- better integration and coherence, better detail at low volumes. The range is about the same and it's a toss up on the sound stage and depth, which is excellent.
I believe my IIIa's are a little better in the lower ranges in terms of definition and impact but of course the 3.7i's have virtually no burn-in and I suspect this will change over the next week.
I plan to take some measurements today and may even take a peak at the xo - hopefully I can see enough with just the opening of the rear panel.
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I made the same transition last year, with the exception that my IIIa's were stock. I found the 3.7i lacked coherence for several hundred hours. Images were confused and I was wondering if I made a mistake. Time and experimentation on placement cured all doubts.
The upper midrange is substantially smoother and laid back in the 3.7i. The bass gets better on the new models with break in, and the mid upper bass is great, but Magnepan clearly abandoned the lowest bass. It never reappeared.
In my room, the new model really seems to "like" being closer to the FW* than did the old, and to be aimed more directly at the listener. The IIIa's sounded best in a Limage setup, where as this set up is much more problematic with the new speaker in my room.
Let me know what you discover as I would love to borrow from your experience.
* the high frequencies on 3.7i just jump to another level of realism when ribbon tweets are aimed at the ears, though it may call for the use of resistors if too prominent.
Thanks for the advice. I notice the "confusion" when I first auditioned at the dealer with his amp (which had plenty of oomph). But when I substitued my W4S ST500 that went away. Maggies can be very picky with whom they hook-up. I have the speakers toed-in about 5" (tweets out) so the tweeters are pretty much aimed to by ears. Brightness does not seem to be an issue.
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