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RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
edited June 2005 in 2 Channel Audio
First time getting my ears on them in my own home. What are they?

I'll say this, the Spendor 1/2's are hands down THE best speaker I've ever heard - and I'm going to box them up for a while and listen to these for a while.

Fun stuff, and suprisingly easy to setup.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited June 2005
    Amazings??

    BDT
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2005
    Here's a hint, closeup of the brass spike on the custom Mye Sound stands.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2005
    Oh come on man....

    What are your new toys?

    Your public needs to know!!!!!
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2005
    Well...it is obviously not a traditional box speaker....Maggies or Norh?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2005
    Atta boy shackdaddy.

    Maggie MMGs on custom Mye Sound stands. I was suprised they setup so easily, esp 'crammed' into the room corners outside of the SRS 2s. The sound great, toed in a little with 40 watts of EL34 push pull. Good low end extension too, no need for a sub (in a small room at least).

    Once the house sells and I get moved, I'll probably give them their own room.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2005
    NICE addition!!!
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2005
    Yeah, props to Mark on this one, he made it all go down.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2005
    How the hell did you get that close to the ground to take that first pic?

    Makes my back hurt just thinking about it...
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2005
    Laying on the floor is not an issue, I've had a LOT of practice.

    That's about the view I wake up to after a 'good' night of listening.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2005
    Hell, I went and bought a new Lane Action rocker recliner to listen to the SDA's in.

    Funny thing was it cost more than the speakers, go figure..
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Tide
    Tide Posts: 154
    edited June 2005
    How does Keb Mo sound on them? I bought his Sessions at West 54th DVD as a present for myself last Christmas. Great disk.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited June 2005
    Cool... I've wanted to check out a pair of these for a while now. Sounds like an excellent speaker for the modest price they command.

    I was just looking at their website and noticed there is an authorized dealer about 30 mins from my house. That could be a dangerous trip.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited June 2005
    Nice! I've never heard the newer maggies.

    I'd love to see them nekkid' just to see what's changed in the 35 years since mine were made.

    What has Magnepan done to improve the binding posts? The vintage MGs have el cheeso plastic (look like test probe sockets on steroids) with thin metal inner contact sleeves. I took a Dremel cutting wheel to mine, stripped out the inner metal, and used the plastic body of the originals as an insulator sleeve for 5-ways - saving the name/channel/serial number plates.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited June 2005
    Good on yeah Russ! They definately have their own sound don't they? I still need to pick up a pair of the MMG's as a center. The vertical stands are a MUST on those. I wish I could here them on your tube setup...

    Good luck, and like the SDA's, all you need is a bigger pair... ;)
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  • W WALDECKER
    W WALDECKER Posts: 900
    edited June 2005
    the price on the mmg,s is dirt cheap i was thinking of getting a pair of them to play with. people who own electrostatics swear by them i have never tried them. how do they compare to more conventional transducers? how much power can the mmg,s handle? congradulations on the new toys.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2005
    Follow up, after some more listening:

    I've been spending ALL my listening hours on the Maggies, and I've got them dialed in. First, the MMG's DO need a sub. Not on all material, about half of what I've listened to so far. As with my previous experience with Magnepans, vocals, strings, brass - hard to beat.

    The biggest benefit AND problem with Maggies for me is soundstaging. They throw a HUGE soundstage - which works well on most music. The problem is listening, for instance, to piano work - the soundstage is SO large, it's not lifelike at all. Instead of a piano being 'normal' size - the sound projects as if it's 20ft wide.

    I think this shows how again how 'magic' the SDA's are - tonality aside - just soundstaging. SDA's throw a very wide sounstage, but instrument placement (and size) within that stage is MUCH more accurate. The Maggies are a joy, don't get me wrong, but on some selections, certain instruments are 3-4 times the 'size' they should be.

    Now, on the sub note - time to find something fast enough to keep up with them....

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited June 2005
    Russ,
    check out a Rel Strata 2 or 3 used. This sub is what your looking for. In my opnion, there isn't a more musical sub on the market.

    Another killer sub cheap is the Dynamo from Martin Logan. It's only 599 brand new and man does it sound good. Tweeter carries it. Check it out .

    http://www.martinlogan.com/dynamo_speaker.html

    Dan
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Now, on the sub note - time to find something fast enough to keep up with them....
    I"d consider something like the Adire Rava or Dayton Titanic. I am convinced that a small sealed sub is the way to go for music. Easy to integrate and goes as low as you need. Having said that...I was impressed with how well Mark's SVS worked with his Maggies.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2005
    I wish that SVS would introduce the baby subs, because that's my preference. The current SVS works fine, but it's 98% overkill.

    I actually didn't find much trouble in instrument placement on media, but our rooms are different. I listen to alot of Diana Krall and Jamie Cullum and the piano has never sounded 20ft. wide. It does however throw some notes around and they certainly ring beyond the soundstage.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2005
    My name is Repeat.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited June 2005
    You can say that again.

    BDT
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by TroyD
    You can say that again.

    BDT

    Yeah....what he said.:D
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited June 2005
    Troy.......box is full.
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited June 2005
    Damn. Maggies, line arrays. What's next? You have some kick **** stuff in the cave! I wanted to get a pair of MMG but I need to save up right now. I hope to experience the magic of planars one day. Enjoy your toys.

    Maurice
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