RE: "sub short image, compared to the 6 foot tall Maggie bass image" ...

andyr wrote:
"The vital point to me was whether the A2D and D2A conversions in the miniDSP unit would degrade my vinyl presentation ... and it doesn't!"

I was also worried about the additional ADDA processing in my miniDSP (the simple one!). Many of us have spent a lot of money in DAC... Inside the miniDSP there are no high grade processors and there is not even a good analog buffer stage. I am using my miniDSP in place of the external crossover box of my 3.6 and feed two indentical stereo power amplifiers (one for each channel). Surprise, it worked far better than expected! I have no EQ, just a plain setting similar to the original external crossovers. Sure, the bass increased by about 1.5 dB, that is what the series resistance of the coils soak up. Still, I like the result and have not set back the level of the bass. Did a fine tuning by inserting a 0.5 ohm resistor on the ribbon drivers. I hope to replace the miniDSP with a proper analog line level active low pass crossover for the bass and a passive for the high pass.

RealStereo wrote:
"How far are your maggies from the rear wall? They seem way too close for good depth IMO!"

It depends on what you mean by "good depth". Do you mean something like a neutral presentation or one with an extra portion of artificial depth due to a large cavity/room behind your speakers? It also depends on room size how far from the wall you place a dipol speaker and how it is angled in respect to boundaries and listening spot.

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Topic - Adding 2x subs to my Maggies, using a miniDSP 10x10 - andyr 05:15:25 07/14/16 (18)

I have always found a bass image discontinuity with subs and tall maggies. - RealStereo 21:39:07 08/09/16 (3)

RE: "sub short image, compared to the 6 foot tall Maggie bass image" ... - andyr 21:54:55 08/09/16 (2)

RE: "sub short image, compared to the 6 foot tall Maggie bass image" ... - Roger Gustavsson 23:44:02 08/09/16 (1)

Good Depth - RealStereo 10:23:24 08/10/16 (0)

Great pics! - Barry 00:10:01 07/16/16 (6)

RE: "How much equalization does the room actually require?"... - andyr 03:35:27 07/16/16 (5)

RE: "How much equalization does the room actually require?"... - Satie 11:02:59 07/16/16 (4)

RE: "impulse response?"... - andyr 14:44:04 07/16/16 (3)

RE: "impulse response?"... - Satie 18:26:33 07/16/16 (2)

RE: "impulse response?"... - Barry 14:01:24 07/17/16 (1)

RE: "impulse response?"... - Satie 01:39:49 07/18/16 (0)

RE: Adding 2x subs to my Maggies, using a miniDSP 10x10 - Green Lantern 05:12:24 07/15/16 (1)

RE: Adding 2x subs to my Maggies, using a miniDSP 10x10 - grantv 09:41:52 07/15/16 (0)

Good results with Anthem ARC - DrChaos 12:39:51 07/14/16 (0)

RE: Adding 2x subs to my Maggies, using a miniDSP 10x10 - guitar slim 06:31:19 07/14/16 (3)

RE: Thanks ... - andyr 13:17:52 07/14/16 (2)

RE: Thanks ... - Satie 15:31:07 07/14/16 (1)

RE: Thanks ... - Barry 08:47:39 07/15/16 (0)

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RE: "sub short image, compared to the 6 foot tall Maggie bass image" ... - Roger Gustavsson 23:44:02 08/09/16 (1)

Good Depth - RealStereo 10:23:24 08/10/16 (0)

RE: "sub short image, compared to the 6 foot tall Maggie bass image" ...

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