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RE: Maggie 3.3R Bass Problem?

Posted by Satie (A) on August 28, 2014 at 01:23:57

In Reply to: Maggie 3.3R Bass Problem? posted by plschlesinger@aol.com on August 27, 2014 at 15:15:19:

The Pioneer receiver is only rated down to 6 ohms and only 110W into 8 ohms. It should not be used on a maggie at high volume, the MG3.3 is a 4 ohm speaker. You may have damaged the Receiver - the distortion you describe sounds like an overdriven or damaged amplification channel.

Are you sure you connected the speakers correctly? Do you have the receiver feeding the external crossover box and two pairs of wires coming out to connect to the bass and mid/tweeter inputs?

In any case, ,unless you are using a subwoofer, you should seriously consider getting a stronger amp that is rated for 4 ohms or lower. Till then, don't play the system too loudly or you may eventually bring the receiver to thermal shutdown and start popping fuses, if not damage the output stage on your main channels.

There is the possibility that either the speaker or the crossover are damaged but it is less likely than the amps in the receiver being out of their depth.

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