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| Making bi-polars out of bookshelf speakers ? While you're at it, you may want to consider installing a switch to swap phase on one set of drivers. This will give you a switchable bi/di polar array. My maggies have a 'dead spot' when moving the ear across the edge of the panel, the front/back... | |
| how much power do you need two drive magnpan1.6s Eldartford, what upgrade parts did you use? The stock Solons are reasonably well recieved for a total of 25$ worth of caps for the pair. How much do you have to spend for Better?Also, I have looked up AirCore inductor calculators and it seems to d... | |
| Biamping, bass and amplifier type. There are 2 main types of potentiometer. Linear and Log.They both may start (50kohm, say) and End, (zero, hopefully) but get there in 2 different ways.....'slopes'. They will only match resistance at those 2 points based on rotation. As for bi amp... | |
| how much power do you need two drive magnpan1.6s Eldartford, please check out the Stereophile review I linked a few posts back. The Maggie is INDEED quite flat at just over 4 ohms. Only fly in the ointment is the 18ohm peak at the 600hz x-over and the fact that it is 6ohms or better from 200hz t... | |
| Dedicated Lines - Sub panel or no? As a cost-no-object solution, Psacanli, you got it. For the rest of us, a good dedicated line or 2 will have to do. I suspect that a good dedicated line is well over half the battle. For a room add-on, I'd LIKE to use a sub-panel. I used to be abl... | |
| how much power do you need two drive magnpan1.6s So, what is the bottom line? Are Maggies 'current hogs' or not? Doesn't seem that no matter how the numbers are tortured that you can get more than 6 or 7 amps thru them, adding 4amp mid/tweet and 3 or 4 for the low freq. Based on math we have alr... | |
| how much power do you need two drive magnpan1.6s Eldartford, is this a test? Sorry, but as near as I can determine, a fuse can be used at any voltage below its rating.In the 'hydraulic' model, volts is pressure and amps is a quantity....somewhat independent. If your contention were true, the fus... | |
| how much power do you need two drive magnpan1.6s Good experiment with some measures. Now that I think about it....a speaker with a hi-powered amp can see 2x the voltage I mentioned....an amp typically has 2 power rails....plus / minus so the difference between the rails is what the speaker sees.... | |
| how much power do you need two drive magnpan1.6s The 'hi current' thing with Maggies may be somewhat of a 'red herring'...........And I have been an owner for 25 years..starting with MG-1s...driven by a 60/side Kenwood KA-7100! I currently own 1.6s The reason I say that is that the Maggie has a ... | |
| "tube watts" versus "solid state watts" 2 amps with identical RMS ratings will probably have similar drive characteristics into a resistor.As soon as you start driving complex loads with current ahead or behind voltage, that's where you'll start hearing significant differences. Amps whi... | |
| I've got a PS Audio GCC-250 on the way. Mistake?? No mistake. My GCC250 gets along well with my Magnepans....I recommend a dedicated line to the amp, I use a PS Audio Soloist outlet. The remote is the Cheesiest (sp?) I have ever encountered in a hi-end piece. I have since converted over to a Logi... | |
| Neighbor Complaining... In the past, I've had great luck convincing NEW neighbors that I am partially DEAF, which is why it might be a little loud. Nobody thinks to ask what a deaf person is doing with a good stereo! | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Elevick, You completely misunderstood my post.by 'stagger' I mean that there are 2 sets of studs, not studs at random intervals. Both sides of a dividing wall are NOT attached back to back on the same set of studs. This will couple them 100%. Inst... | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Good best for isolation is to STAGGER the studs. also, most code is 16" on center. There are various products to weave Between the studs as damper. DO NOT use styrofoam. It is toxic as hell when it burns, and probably against code. The products I ... | |
| Anyone here using vintage speakers? Sold my Magnepan MG-1s in Late 2007 after a well over 25 year run. Even had 'em factory rebuilt once. A 'landmark' in my personal stereo development. Replacement? New 1.6s, of course! |