In Reply to: Re: MG1.6 or MG2.7?? posted by MikeCh on June 6, 2000 at 08:41:01:
I own MG1.6QR's and older MG2.5R's (the ribbon has to handle a lot of the midrange duty). I think people are fooling themselves when they say the MG1.6QR is as anywhere near one of the maggie models with the ribbon....whether it be MG3.6 or whatever. The MG1.6QR is an incredible bargain, but it isn't that great.Charles Lloyd's sax sounds like a sax with the MG2.5R's....with the MG1.6QR's it doesn't sound nearly as real nor sound as accurate. Granted, my system is geared toward the 2.5R's, but it shouldn't matter that much. Listening to Holst's Planet CD (Saturn etc.) the lowest frequencies are there with the MG2.5R and MIA with the 1.6QR. The MG1.6QR are not as dynamic (dynamic not only in the frequency extremes but in reproducing transients)......they do however display clearer bass and are more cohesive amoung other things, but maggies with the ribbon are what made me fall in love with the maggie sound....the MG1.6QR modified or not cannot duplicate what the ribbon maggies can do.
In conclusion, I think that Mike K. is absolutely correct that the MG3.6R is much much better.....sorry.
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- Re: MG1.6 or MG2.7?? - rathbone 17:28:06 06/06/00 (14)
- Re: MG1.6 or MG2.7?? - michael w 22:40:25 06/06/00 (13)
- How about 1.6 vs 3.5? - jchiu 14:32:37 06/07/00 (7)
- Re: How about 1.6 vs 3.5? - michael w 15:13:22 06/07/00 (6)
- Re: How about 1.6 vs 3.5? - jchiu 15:48:47 06/07/00 (5)
- Re: How about 1.6 vs 3.5? - michael w 23:38:52 06/07/00 (0)
- Go for the 3.5s!!! - Mike K 19:23:35 06/07/00 (3)
- Re: Go for the 3.5s!!! - jchiu 05:58:27 06/08/00 (2)
- I'd suggest you listen before you leap. - MikeCh 09:44:48 06/08/00 (0)
- Re: Go for the 3.5s!!! - Mike K 08:22:17 06/08/00 (0)
- Re: MG1.6 or MG2.7?? - rathbone 13:01:29 06/07/00 (4)
- Cap and Inductor upgrade does wonders for Sax - Ed Hsu 03:29:22 06/08/00 (0)
- Re: MG1.6 or MG2.7?? - michael w 15:24:46 06/07/00 (0)
- 1.6 and brass - paco 13:27:44 06/07/00 (1)
- oops!! here is the link... - paco 13:35:47 06/07/00 (0)