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In Reply to: RE: multiple tweeter failures ... posted by Satie on April 16, 2016 at 13:42:17
Ended up with a pair of FM Acoustics speakers, running them active vertical biamped.
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How did you get those? Are they the direct driven XS model that they seem to insist on not selling - sort of like Aston Martins? Did you have to buy the entire amp chain from them before you could order the speaker?
Their cost is insane.
Yes there are the XS speakers that FM does not sell on a commercial basis. Yes you have to be fulfill certain requirements before the XS would be offered to you.
I was already using their components on the Maggies. Hence it was for me a natural progression albeit it was a hard decision to leave the Maggies route.
I am not so much impressed by your leaving the Maggies than by the costly substitute. I am thinking about you going for a more compact line source planar speaker to get some of the maggie magic back. Like a Wisdom, or a Carver ALS with dual subs, or a hybrid Scaena,
My apologies to the thread starter for deviating from the main topic.
I posted a thread some time back regarding suggestions for alternatives to the 20.7 and received many suggestions...some are not readily available in my part of the world, others I have heard but didn't fit as replacements. I lived with the Minis, 1.7, 3.7 and 20.7..the Maggie magic is not easily replaceable.
I have also had many opportunities to listen to the FM XS systems..they were unforgettable. I was already using FM components so when the offer came along I sold my kidneys together with all my other internal organs rendering me a zombie (albeit one that enjoys his music) for the XS. IMO, it took that much to replace the Maggies.
Well, that puts the Maggie value proposition in perspective.
Anyway congrats on obtaining the unobtanium and one of the most respected single source systems known.
They certainly do.
Cheers.
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