Maggies and subwoofers

After having heard a few subs with the Maggie 3.5/3.6's the best subs which integrate the best are the REL's. The Strata and Storm are probably all you will ever need.

Any decent sub will sound good. The trick with the maggies is to run the crossover as low as possible. I run mine at 50 hz with good results. If you run them at 80-100 hz the results are not as good. The problem you run into is in running a dipole with a monopole.

have i missed something? ithought everyone was loving the vandersteen 2wq subs with the maggies. (audiouasyulum concurs in many posts) i know that i love mine with my acoustats. if there's something better out there tell me now and i'll buy it! :)

I think Oofda makes a good point here. As long as you go low on the crossover frequency, most subs will end up integrating well. I use a Velodyne ULD18 crossed over at 50hz with the Maggie 3.3s running full range. I don't run my signal through the Velodyne Controller as I'm sure much will be lost...and my system is all balanced anyway. And I have also learned the link between preamp and amp is so critical so I don't want to add another cable to this either. I will soon solder capacitors on the input of my amp (ARC VT130) to create a first-order high-pass at 50 hz for the Maggies. This no doubt will clean up the Maggies significantly and give the amp more headroom for the upper frequencies without degrading the main speaker signal (except for another capacitor in series).
John

I've had good luck with an older Velodyne with my Maggie 2.7's - the F-1000. It has a 10 inch woofer that is quite fast. If you don't have an electronic crossover, you run the Maggies full range and run the Velodyne off the preamp outputs, and then crossover the Velodyne very low - I found around 38 Hz worked best in my room. You want a subwoofer that is fast (like the Rel, too), which you need to keep up with the Maggies.