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RE: Troublesome Mantle

Posted by josh358 (P) on May 20, 2011 at 06:13:01

In Reply to: RE: Troublesome Mantle posted by genungo on May 19, 2011 at 17:38:03:

Yeah, it's really on the edge. The two-feet-from-the-wall rule is optimum, but it isn't really necessary, I've run them closer and I've experimented with the MMG at various distances. They seem to be OK to about a foot in, much closer and the bass reinforcement becomes overwhelming. But then, the MMG's don't have much bass to begin with. They actually prefer some degree of boost. The larger ones may require some EQ.

The situation is improved a bit from the 5' you mention since the tweeters aren't quite at the edge, and the speakers are usually angled in a bit. I know that a lot of people like listening to Maggies that are closer together than an equilateral triangle, but that never seems to work for me, the mixes all seem to assume the standard stereo triangle. But if needed to maintain the triangle and sufficient side space, I can bring the speakers even closer to the listening chair. This is I think more of a problem with the 1.x's than it is with the MMG's and 3.x's, since the acoustical centers of the woofer and tweeter are so far apart in the former -- further than the distance between tweeter and midrange in the 3.x.

I'm pretty sure the 1.7 would work since it isn't that much larger than the MMG and I know from playing around with the MMG that there's a fair amount of slop, but I've heard horror stories about 2.x's and 3.6's in undersized rooms. What I really need is a small tall Maggie satellite that uses a true ribbon, but since they don't make one . . . I'm curious about the Mini Maggie, but god knows when that's going to show up in the stores and he ain't telling.

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