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In Reply to: RE: Magnepan 1.7 or 3.6 -small room! posted by stefano.cipo on August 01, 2021 at 14:31:48
Personally with the money for a 1.7 I'd start with the LRS along with two subs and a pair of ficus trees.For the money of a 3.6 I'd get the 1.7"i", sub and room treatment.
I once had a pair of 1.6's in a similar sized room and although the sound was superb, I felt too enclosed and unable to spend any extended amount of time inside it.
But that's just me. Good luck in your endeavors.
Edits: 08/01/21Follow Ups:
Green Lantern points the way once more.
Give it some serious thought if a) you got a sub b) you do not daily listen to Everybody Wants Some at actual EVH db levels.
I have LRS' in a 12x17, 8ft ceiling, complaint wood floor. ML Depth sub. Maybe once every month or two.
My joint is jumpin'. Those LRS' .... phew. They outpace my old mg12's.
Seamlessness, dude, seamlessness.
/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
thank you all for the advices.
Consider that here in Italy prices are much different for both used and new: a used 3.6 costs 1/4 of a new 3.7i. A 1.7i costs 1000€ more than the used 1.7 with Mye stands and external crossover. Plus, I'm not sure I want to play with subwoofers for now.
That's why for my budget I limited my choices to the used 3.6 and 1.7. Almost impossible to tell which would sound better in my room unfortunately
I have a pair of 3.6 with an active crossover in place of the external passive crossover and of course, 4 channels of amplification. My room is 410x515 cm. I have the 3.6 on the short wall, rather close to the side walls. No problems with having them 30 cm away from the side walls. Tweeters in, about 250 cm between the speakers that are angled inwards, axis crossing in front of the listening posistion. Although I have a wall rather close behind the listening position, the soundstaging is very good.
I have compared the 1.7 and 3.7 in a similar room - 3.7 was really on a different level, especially the soundstagin. My 3.6 does benefit from the active crossover/double power amplification but they do not have the mids of the 3.7.
Nt.
Mark in NC
"The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains" -Paul Simon
Stefano,
not an easy decision. I have the 3.6s with 2 subs in a much larger room and I love them. Front wall is diffusive, back wall is absorptive. Lots of room treatment across all 4 walls and ceiling. I actually agree with Green Lantern. The LRS with a couple of subs may be a very good solution for your application.
Ti auguro buona fortuna anche io.
Edits: 08/02/21
Thanks. Compared to the 1.7 are they significantly better?
I have listened to a pair of 3.7 with a sanders magtech amplifier and didn't like them, particularly there was no soundstage at all..obviously it was due to positioning/room, but that makes me worry that I might not be able to setup correctly the 3.6s in my room...
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