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In Reply to: RE: KEF LS50s compared to Maggies... posted by Green Lantern on April 26, 2017 at 14:33:05
The very first pair of maggies that I bought were MMG's off a chap who coincidentally had a pair of LS50's.
I spent about an hour listening to them and then listened to the maggies.
Everything was kept the same other than the speaker change.
It was an intimate setup with a definite near field listening.
The LS50's were superb.
But the maggies were better. Definitely better to my ears.
I think what the maggies have which has remained to my observations is
an airiness and ethereal quality particularly with live music that stands
out.
Voice elements were just that much better on the MMGs.
I sometimes wonder if the physical presence of the maggies serves as a
distraction to perception.
Follow Ups:
The MMG's are not high-resolution Maggies---the 0.7's are quite a bit better.
And the 3.x a jump up from there.
The dipole speaker that distorts more (MMG), has a lobbing spatially output (MMG) and radiate as much energy backwards as forwards (almost - MMG) sounds better because there is less sidewall and floor/ceiling reflected energy.
Both have similarly fairly flat pink noise response in my room - the MMG a bit brighter in the last octave by measurement.
"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius
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