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MMGs

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
randy-11
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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
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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.

metman
214 posts
 
I actually thought the Gunned SMGA.s sounded better then the 1.6's  John thought the 1.6's sounded better but wasn't surprised as several others had expressed the same feeling and it may be more affordable for you.  Didn't' hear the MMG's though

randy-11
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re: "I’ve seen MMG’s measured in UW-Madison engineering lab at 2.8 Ohms .
Not complex but LOW ."

Yes, the 4 ohms is an avg. over some dips & peaks along the freq. range.  That's about what TAS or S'phile measured, don't recall if it was a 3.6 or 3.7.

But he can surely use his present amp and compare it with others to see if he wants to replace it.  Moving them around & building polyfusors will likely be more productive -- not to mention finding some source material with decent DR...
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