Magnepan LRS in the house!

Re the big subs: They are what I use with the KEF Reference 1s and are setup so I’m unaware of them except when they provide something like the vibration associated with low pipe organ notes. I plan to just move speaker cables.

Re the high pass filters: I ordered fixed 80 Hz 24 dB/octave passive balanced filters from Marchand after consulting with Ayre. My previous experience with active high-pass had not been satisfactory, and I was admonished by Charles Hansen about putting anything between the preamp and amp because of the zero negative feedback design.

Maybe audio maze or rbertalloto can make a pair of stands for me while they’re at it.

db

@richopp 

I agree with every comment you made.  I also have never thought the price tag matches the "quality" for MANY of the consumer products bought and sold over the history of commerce...especially in the automotive, electronics, and "bling" categories.  I was just initially really surprised at the low cost (low in my humble opinion -- $995 may just as well be $1 million to other members) considering the unreal prices I see on many products highlighted on this site.  It pleases me to know a speaker with highly reviewed sound qualities is in the reach of music fans such as my 31 and 28 year-old sons, both who are Public School teachers.

My first experience with Maggies was in 1978.  I arrived at my High School girlfriend's house for the first time, I was 16 and she was 15, to pick her up for a date and to meet her parents.  As I approached the front door, I heard Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" rocking the front of the house, and my eyes and libido lit up as I thought to myself, "I thought Vicki said her parents were going to be home!".  To my surprise, her Mom opened the door to greet me with her Dad sitting in his listening chair in the den, those beautiful Maggies being pushed by a McIntosh MC275 while "Paranoid" was spinning on a Thorens TD125.  Needless to say, I got along with her parents VERY well.

Thanks rbertalotto for sharing the info.I  have everything at hand in my scrap pile. Nice to have you as a member. 

Lou Hall (aka Audiomaze)

@allenf1963  That's a GREAT story. Makes me wonder how often that happened to customers I sold Maggies to in the 1970's-'80's from my shop.

As I have posted many times before, after we locked the doors for the day, we took the opportunity to not only hook-up EVERYTHING to EVERYTHING in my shop, which was a high-end shop I took over in 1976, we also hooked up our guitars (acoustic and electric), basses (electric), took out some brass (trumpets, sax, trombone), etc., and LISTENED to what was what.  It was then that my former love for Advent speakers ( and MANY others) died in about 3 seconds--nothing against Mr. Kloss, who was clearly a genius of his time--but we also realized that EVERY box in the shop was "changing" the sound of the recorded and live music.  No, Maggies were not "perfect" because ALL recordings, even the direct-to-disc ones from Lincoln Mayorga, are "processed" in some way in the recording studio.  BUT, they were the only speakers that just reproduced what you fed them, good, bad, or in between.  We did run Audio Research electronics as we were a big dealer of theirs, and the combo was magical.  Some may not remember that these two companies used to market their products together; funny that Wendall is now with Magnepan, but that is another story altogether.  

Glad you love your Maggies, and thanks so much for the wonderful story!

Cheers!

Yes, nice job @rbertalotto.  I am not a metalworker but do enjoy woodworking in my small basement shop.  So, I'm going to use some sturdy oak for my stands.  I don't think the angles in your design will work with wood though.  We'll see