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In Reply to: Can conventional speakers soundstage like maggies? posted by Mike in NJ on April 14, 2007 at 21:31:24:
present in a recording depends not only on its specific design, implementation (including the all-important crossover), and the electronics driving it, but also placement, room acoustics, and listening position. Yes, the difference between line-source and point-source wave launch applies, but I've heard convincing soundstages "thrown" by conventional systems (e.g., Avalons and Wilsons) where the user or audio dealer has taken care in attending to placement and room issues. That said, I've voted with my dollars for Maggies.
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> has taken care in attending to placement and room issues <See, this is an area where most people fall far short of the mark with ANY type of speaker, not just maggies. You will see speakers haphazardly placed with little or no thought to how they might perform in said placement, and then they wonder why the sound isn't what they had hoped for. Or worse, some will think they have achieved heaven with speakers butted up against the wall and huge TVs in between them. Why? Because these fools haven't heard any system that truly creates a 3 dimensional soundstage.
Yes, you have hit the nail on the head with this one. Even modest systems can be made to sound wonderful with a little attention to detail. Sorry for the rant.....
to get the sound staging right in a room b/c of their line source and dipole response pattern. Fewer initial nasty reflections to get in the way. Just get them some somewhat symetrical space behind with a bit of diffusion and angle to your sweet spot and the magic window opens...
Henry
If folks would spend half as much time correctly positioning their speakers as they do worrying about interconnects, speaker cables, dacs, magic ding-dongs and the like, they would make a 1000X more difference, for the better, in their systems.
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