Choking more SPL's out of Maggie 3.6's


My system sounds fabulous, but I can't get it to rock really hard. Not even close. Live classical performance, jazz performance, acoustic show, etc. no problem. Good and loud on rock, yes. I may have to change something, but I'm hoping not to change my speakers.

My system is as follows:

Maggie 3.6R speakers
REL Storm III sub
Bryston 7B-ST mono amps
Rogue 99 preamp
Linn Ikemi cd player
Nottingham turntable & arm
High output Dynavector cartridge
Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun speaker cables (7 foot)
Transparent Music Wave Ultra interconnects (RCA)
(1 meter all around, except preamp to amps which is 15 foot)

The room is about 18x23 with a 7 foot ceiling.

Is there any way to get the Maggie's to go a little louder? Just a little? The Bryston monoblocs are hefty power, but when I play hard stuff (now and then) and I want to get a little carried away, I hit clipping before I hit the point where I can't hear myself sing. I never used to get to this point with previous dynamic speakers, but all those were flawed in so many ways in which the Maggies rule. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Otherwise I'll listen to most everything at home but go to the car to really rock out.

Thanks in advance.

Rich
rbirke

Showing 1 response by marty9876

Interesting thoughts about the Brystons. I had 9b-st and into a lower load(rated 6ohm by manufacture, speakers were reviewed by some rag and dipped just a tich below 4 in reality, huh) and it always ran out of gas and started clipping/thermal shutdown. True it was the smaller of the Brystons. I tried dedicated lines, same results. Different speakers high a higher ohm load it stayed together.

At the time I formed Sean's opinion with out really knowing it. Scary to think of a 7 running out, but anything is possible.

Isn't Brystons background mainly with professional equipment, and does not "most" of that stuff have higher/stable ohm loads?

Hey, listen to the facts. If the amp clips before the speakers give... I tried a Richard Grey Power deal and was able to gain a extra click or two on the volume.

And I bought some other Canadian stuff too....

Marty