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In Reply to: RE: Magnepan 1.7 or 3.6 -small room! posted by stefano.cipo on August 02, 2021 at 02:30:06
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.
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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.
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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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