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RE: The unvarnished truth(s) about Magnepans

Posted by Keith944T (A) on December 4, 2023 at 18:42:26

In Reply to: RE: The unvarnished truth(s) about Magnepans posted by Steve RII on December 4, 2023 at 17:18:52:

Well--
the Zeus was 225 watts and the room is relatively small, aprox. 13'x 18'-- and with the m180's driving the 1.6's it was quite "compressed"
the AVR ran the CC3 center---plus a Klipsch 12" sub in the corner--

-later--
I Bi-amped the 3.6's with a D-Sonic Class D on the low side and the Zeus doing Mid and high--That kicked some serious A--
BUT the stage shrunk --to me Maggies are all about imaging-- My Bi-amping seemed to cut the imaging --and the big Zeus really made some heat--I actually had it in an adjacent room, ran the speaker feeds and input leads through a hole in the wall.
I backed off the Bi-Amp and tried just the D-sonic--there was a bit of a decrease in quality -but not the imaging --
I then "downsized" and switched AVR--(the Integra died) to a Pioneer Elite that drives the CC3 and a pair of Hennessey bookshelfs as surrounds--and a bigger newer D-Sonic driving the 3.6's now-- in front of an 85" TCL QLED-- not quite what the prime setup was --but way cheaper--and it is quite nice.
I think the Zeus did quite well on it's own though.

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