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A year ago, I bought a pair of MMGs.  In my 13x22 room, placement was a challenge but finally worked it out.

Speakers are powered by an Adcom GFA-555.  The only source is a CD player through a passive pre-amp.

Now I have a little more to spend and would like thoughts on the following options:

1) Mye stands for the MMGs

2) The DWM panel with the MMGs (secondary question - can this panel be placed on a side wall perpendicular to the MMGs?)

3) 1.7s

Open to other out-of-the-box suggestions as well.

The goal is always to attain that Magnepan soundstage.  Musical tastes are female vocalists, jazz, blues.
kythyn
jl35
2,244 posts
 
I think the 1.6,  1.7 ,  and .7 , are all serious upgrades over the MMG
randy-11
1,913 posts
 
re Gunn - There is no advantage to changing the surrounds or in bracing the speakers.  If you think there is, then you do not understand how dipole speakers work.  But don't trust me, call up Wendell and ask him.

The x.7's (any of them) are a big advantage over previous speakers.
randy-11
1,913 posts
 
an Adcom is fine - you want good current output at 4 ohms

Maggies do NOT represent a complex impedance
schubert
4,867 posts
 
I’ve seen MMG’s measured in UW-Madison engineering lab at 2.8 Ohms .
Not complex but LOW .
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kalali
1,645 posts
 

I can definitely attest to that MMGs suck up serious current. I just got a pair this past weekend and been playing around and driving them with the different amps I have around the house, e.g., pair of McIntosh MC2200, Vincent SP-331, and an Adcom 555. I thought my Martin Logan Aerius i was hard to drive but the MMGs demand more.

I can't speak to other Magnepan models but I personally would not consider owning the MMGs if I had anything less than 300-400 wpc, preferably monoblocks, and planned to use them in medium to large listening room. It's however a shame as most people who consider these great speakers and buy them because of their reasonable price, are not prepared to spend five times as much to give them the power they need and deserve.

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