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In Reply to: RE: My new Maggie .7s and my SVS SB-1000 sub.... not too great posted by Rodcarew29 on May 05, 2016 at 12:33:47
"new Maggie .7s"
I can't tell you much about integrating the sub so I will leave that to others. However, I can tell you that brand new Maggies will sound shrill and brittle for the first 25-30 hours of play until the mylar stretches a bit and they get broken-in. They will continue to improve more gradually and incrementally over the next 75 hours or so.
"The Maggies are about a foot off the wall and the SVS is about 2 feet off the corner."
3-5 ft out into the room is *much* better ... gives the di-pole reflected sound the "bounce time" it needs to sound realistic. Even if you have to move them out to listen & back when done to keep "Mama" happy ... this is considered vital among Maggieists. I suspect your overly long (40ft) room to be part of your problem, but again I will leave that to others more qualified. Good luck.
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Nice set up Paul.Are your bass traps in the corners DIY? How much power do your tube mono blocks put out?
Dave
Thank you.
The Tube Traps are ancient originals that I've carried from place to place, like an audiophile nomad.
The MFA mono's are rated at 120 WPC, into 8 Ohms. I run the MMG's off the 4 Ohm tap, and the subs off the 8 Ohm. Amplifier power tubes are currently Ruby KT-88's. I have also used Gold Lion re-issues with great success.
My pre-amp is a highly-upgraded MFA Luminescence and it's fun to roll tubes in that unit, especially in the line stage, since much of my source material now is streaming.
I've discovered all kinds of new and new to me, music as a Spotify subscriber. After many years of searching for some "audiophile systemic holy grail" I'm finally quite content to simply listen and enjoy music.
In my opinion, the MMG's are a most amazing value. I bought mine used and restored them, doing a "half-razor" as long as I had the socks off.
I think if the OP experiments with speaker placement, he may very well find that he doesn't really "need" subwoofers.
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