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發表於 2013-10-31 07:09:53
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本帖最後由 auraheart 於 2013-10-31 16:57 編輯
Sometime back in late 2010, Started selling my stereo system. At the end, got a turntable, tuner, 2 pre-amps, 2 power amps left and wanted to keep them. I said "screw it ! After nearly 40 years of hi fi...I am tired." Wanted the Sound Lab as my retirement speakers from hi fi, but they were nowhere to be found in/near my city. Picked up a pair of Maggie 1.7s, they sounded fine, and most importantly...discount able, lol..Paid about $1,750 USD out the door in 2011.
This is a baby maggie 1.7, but it is 71 inch tall..weight a bit less than 50lbs each, kinda light. Since I had limited gears to play with, had to drive it with the Bruce Moore custom design/build 40 watts @ 8 ohms, KT88 based class A tube mono amps with the Audible Illusions Dual Mono pre-amp and still using the 4 gauge Fulton Gold speaker cable. No solid state amps, no ribbon tweeters. Let them collect dust in the storage room. Figure out I do more easy listening than anything else.
The 1.7 is a 4 ohms, dipole design (sound from front and back). Positioning these speakers could be a pain and certainly takes time. Ideally a 15 m/s delay is perfect, say about 5ft form the wall, I guess. At least 3 ft from the side wall lol...that requires some space. I would suggest to use a decent 100 watt amp to drive them, they eat some power. Might get away with a 50-75 watt amp if class A and provide a good amount of current. (lotta $$ that way, lol..)
Balance of sound of different range benefits listeners ears. Nothing really stands out, smooth, mellow, warm sounding are the favorites of classical and middle of the road listeners. It does not have a true ribbon tweeter like the more expensive models. However, this fake ribbon (haha!)does not stand out like the top models, it is a plus to my ears due to the fact that current maggie can't produce rich bass with authority as the Tympini models. (It is only a simple speaker not compareable to the Tympani's six screen design.) It really balance things out ! The super tweeter does the job well, more air..very detailed. Mids are quite open, typical of maggie anyway, but improvements of dispersion and stereo images means less headache to listeners. They are not as directional as other eletrostatic speakers. Crystal clear, both string and vocals...main thing I look for personally. Though not perfect, I can listen to these speakers for hours and not hurting my ears. Adding a sub is highly recommanded(prefer active haha..). I grab an old sub from my brother in law which he no longer using lol...The Audio Pro B2 50 from Sweden with its push/pull sub woofers mounting and bulid-in 100 watt calss A/B amp, very unique. Now we are talking business. The lows of the a typical Maggie is nothing to be proud of..just no freaking punch like other panel speakers no matter how good reviewers write, it is not there, not deep either. Dipole crap, and no internal volume like the cabinet speakers..results no kicks, or punch lol...and lack of realism as in a big concert hall..THIN ! A good sub could bail out this kinda of speakers big time !
I better stop here,even I am only halfway done...but Zzzzz lol...Thank you all for reading.
Dual Mono Pre-Amp
補充內容 (2013-10-31 13:50):
My Audible Illusions Dual Mono Pre-Amp in a rack mount case ( Designed by Bruce Moore). The amps I use to drive the maggie was build by Bruce, exclusively for me, after we had lunch lol....
補充內容 (2013-11-1 17:13):
One last thing is that I had a custom made speaker base that is a few inch tall...stands a lot better than factory one (could fall with a push). So actual height of the speakers maybe 66 or 67 inch. |
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. It is not right, should let someone else first. You know I like electrostatic speakers, listened to a lot of them over the years.....I missed the Sound Lab speakers...This maggie was my third or fourth choice, was available locally and very cheap. Low price is the key, I am cheap lol..
發表於 2013-10-30 06:51:02
..Maggie sound very sweet...it no Quad 57, but much easier to play with and less headache. Tri amp Quad can blow this maggie away, but $$$ and tons of headache. If anyone can find an original ESL 57, and mint condition..lol...
