In Reply to: Adding a tweeter to MMG posted by aceinc on February 18, 2017 at 10:11:51:
I got a call from the local (about 35 miles away) Magnepan dealer, telling me that they received a pair of MMGs in. So I toddled on over to listen.The fellow was quite friendly, and took his time and we listened to them attached to a streaming music player and a name brand 2 channel amp. The room had high ceilings maybe 15' square with lots of wall treatments in the corners and on the walls. It didn't look like an acoustically well designed room. I guess that's why there were so many treatments.
At any rate he began by playing some solo piano, which sounded good, reasonable sound stage, seemed pretty natural. He played an orchestral piece which also sounded pretty good. Most everything acoustic sounded quite pleasant at various volumes.
However I wanted to hear something with more drums and cymbals stuff that would show off the control, etc. So I asked him to find some Jeff Beck, hoping for something like Live at Ronnie's. The Beck he found was something in the heavy metal genre which neither of us cared for. He switched to some Eric Clapton, and the whole percussion section sounded like crap. OK, it sounded like it was playing from a 4" transistor radio speaker somewhere behind the Maggies.
He was getting a little frustrated, so he switched to a pair of .7s and these sounded better but the bass sounded bloomy, like there wasn't enough control.
At any rate I was disappointed. But I wonder whether it was the room or the speakers.
Edits: 02/18/17
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