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In Reply to: Maggies at low volume posted by raja79 on July 31, 2006 at 10:32:51:
Magnepans have poor-quality connectors, wiring and crossover parts. Bypassing and replacing these things makes them work well at low listening levels. If you need speakers that work well at low levels right out of the box, then Maggies are not for you. However, if you are willing to tweak and learn, you can achieve excellent sound for much less money than similar speakers would cost.Maggies also need amps with excellent damping characteristics to control their panel resonances and the room resonances coupled to the panels. IME, the best amps I've heard on my MG-20s are the Gilmore Raptor monoblocks. These have vanishingly small output impedance and the sense of overall control is wonderful.
I've heard SoundLabs and believe my tweaked MG-20 setup is superior at all levels. SoundLabs use overlapping resonances of individual panel sections to achieve higher SPL, and this is obvious if you've heard a setup with good control.
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Follow Ups
- True for stock speakers... - Al Sekela 07/31/0616:01:37 07/31/06 (14)
- Re: True for stock speakers... - morricab 01:37:14 08/02/06 (1)
- From the SoundLab website... - Al Sekela 15:48:31 08/02/06 (0)
- Re: True for stock speakers... - raja79 17:07:54 07/31/06 (11)
- One advantage of the Maggies in your application - Cory M. 19:50:30 07/31/06 (9)
- Is this really true? - mdl 19:59:03 07/31/06 (8)
- Re: Is this really true? - Dawnrazor 20:24:47 07/31/06 (7)
- Re: Is this really true? - morricab 01:41:10 08/02/06 (0)
- Correct: dipole bass avoids pressurizing the room. - Al Sekela 09:24:42 08/01/06 (5)
- I hate to be picky... - mdl 13:29:57 08/01/06 (4)
- Monopole versus dipole bass. - Al Sekela 15:40:00 08/02/06 (0)
- Re: I hate to be picky... - morricab 01:46:39 08/02/06 (1)
- Re: I hate to be picky... - onemug 18:39:03 08/02/06 (0)
- let's not forget all music IS noise - Green Lantern 16:43:20 08/01/06 (0)
- late night listening - kh6idf 18:27:24 07/31/06 (0)
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