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Room Treatments for Maggies
Elizabeth , You mention the waf for room treatments. If your wife will accept one of the largest speakers known to man (magnepan speakers) in a room, i think they would accept something less abtrusive as room treatments. No ? 
Room Treatments for Maggies
If you have never heard maggies in a treated room you will never know what you are missing. Like the saying goes "Ignorance is bliss". 
Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP
You can try repacing every component in your system like i did and after years of doing so never be copletely happy with the maggies. look how music is recorded sound wise .The main thing is the room in recording studios. Have you ever seen a musi... 
best rca cable for deep controlled bass
If anyone auditions 2 or more ic's in their system at once and can not hear a difference between them they should clean their ears ! 
Room Treatments for Maggies
Absorption ,Absorption, Absorption. Bass traps in the corners of your room. If you are a Diy person buy some Johnsmaville 814 2'x4' acoustic panels and cut them into triangles and stack floor to ceiling. I did all 4 corners of my room. Also a wall... 
best rca cable for deep controlled bass
Kimber Kable Hero will give added bass. 
Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP
I took me two years to get my 1.6 set up . First i hung floor to ceiling curtains behind the speakers. This helped.Next i added "superchunk" bass traps in the 4 corners. Finally a full 4" wall treatment of OC panels behind the speakers .This tamed... 
Best place to put a single subwoofer?
I checked out the book titled The Complete Guide To Hifi volume 4 at my local library . In it it suggested placing a sub as close to your listening position as possible in a 2 channel system. Corners are for home theater. Worked great when i had a... 
Apartment Room Acoustics Help
I just did some room treatment last week . My room as most was all sheetrock and windows. The solution was adding johnsmanville 814 2x4 panels My costs were $75 for nine sheets plus fabric and wood for frames.Everything came together, better bass,... 
Magnepan 1.6 speakers
It is indeed high current . I realized this when i went to upgrade the power cord. It is not a standard cord. The guys at Zu Audio called it a high current "Hubble" cord when i ordered one. I want to say i am very ,very happy with everything in my... 
Magnepan 1.6 speakers
The cambridge stays. No need to defend it . I will be using it for many years to come.It is a high current amp. The question is about the advantages of adding a second amp, Regardless of what brand. 
Cambridge Audio 740C Optical In DAC Help...
I own the 840 c and use a first generation apple tv. All the music is on the drive,no streaming. you do need a video source and itunes .But for the $100 bucks it works well. I cannot notice a difference between the apple tv and playing a disc . 
Room treatment success story
Hello , I noticed you have magnepans. A suggestion : I recently placed a 2" thick oc 703 2'x4'panel behind my maggies 1.6 's . In a direct line behind them floor to ceiling . It was out of curiosity i tried this. All the stuff i have read online s... 
Is there any bad sounding high-end gear--?
Yes , I am of modest means financially.I can only afford mid fi gear. I heard some $20,000 wilson speakers and $25,000 sonus fabre speakers at a audio boutique that i would not have paid $1500 for.price will not always get the experience one is lo... 
Adding Sub to current system
I have a rel t2 bought new here for $550.Mated with magnepan 1.6's . i have no desire to upgrade.It sounds that good. The rel t2 was a golden ear award winner in TAS in 2010.