2. speakers
  3. 1149228486

magnepan 1.6 needs help in the bass

i'm begiinning to believe that the amgnepan 1.6 needs some assistance in the bass, i.e., more extension.

i am concerned that mating a cone, especially ported or sealed box is a problem as far as maintaining overall coherency.

also, it may be necessary to have stereo rather than mono sub, which can get expensive.

i have thought about rel, hsu and kharma ?

i also thought about the best way to configure the sub, namely blending. i would run the 1.6s full range and then add bass up to say 60 hz.

any thoughts ?
mrtennis

Showing 2 responses by douglas_schroeder

douglas_schroeder
3,281 posts
 
Mrtennis, haven't I told you that you're chasing a chimera? Repent and get thee a fine floorstanding dynamic speaker. But, if you are intent on your quest, some fine stereo subs would be REL or Vandersteen. For predominantly two channel listening you would not need any more than the older Vandy 2W's, which I used with 1.6's at one time. They have been the one constant during the time I have moved through six pairs of mains (Maggie 1.6's; Eminent Technology LFT-8A's (then, two pair of E.T.'s stacked); Canary Audio Zamas, Apogee Calipers, Chapman Audio T-7's (which I still have) and Chapman Audio T-77's).
douglas_schroeder
3,281 posts
 
Mrtennis, the Vandy crossover will eliminate signals below 80hz going to the mains (1.6's), which will help them. Anything below the 80hz mark is handled by the Vandies. So, it's a non-issue where the low end of the 1.6's are. The problem would come into play if you're trying to mate a different sub to the Maggies' 40hz low end.
More to discover