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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
fr8dog
7 posts
 
Adding a good sub is a great suggestion and a good place to start if you're liking what you hear from the MMG's. I have the high pass filter from HSU Reasearch. I can crossover at 50hz or 80hz. I chose 50 because that's where the MMG's roll off.
schubert
4,867 posts
 
fr8dog, in most rooms you will do better at about a hundred or 120, but even 80 is better ,
mids , which is Maggies wheelhouse, sound better when bass has less work to do.
Try it, and try means at least a week . Month is better, brain needs time to adjust fully .
Fifty is when they drop off a cliff, been rolling off since 300  easy
schubert
4,867 posts
 
oblgyn , great post !

I have a pair of Rega RS-1 that showed what a 100K of Lamm electronics could do and my uber-rich buddy finally admitted it could .
And his speakers are Magico 5 ’s .
Just yesterday I went to pick up a cheap SACD player on craigslist, for the few I own.
The house I pulled up to was a mini-mansion in one of the best Mpls. burbs
which is saying a lot.
The guy was very friendly and showed me his system .
Has a 500, 000 $$$$ system , 4 custom made 9 ft tall JBL horn based speakers, which he controls by remote , five or six JBL subs , a dozen amps all XLR etc etc etc etc, Had many thousands of ripped recordings on computer at his elbow .. Played some Opera for me with picture on must have been 80 inch Sony TV . Sounded more like a heavy- metal rock concert than an Opera and singers were among best in the world and the Met Band ain’t bad.
Was glad to get home to my modest system in modest condo to listen to some music .
Was nice guy though .
ps
411 posts
 
Two more cents:

Prior to my .7's, I sometimes used a pair of inexpensive Pioneer Andrew Jones 8" powered subs with the MMG's.  That system is one heck of a musical return on investment.  The subs are packed away now because I'm happy with the bass response of the .7's.  
kythyn OP
48 posts
 
Gotta admit I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the options.

Am now wondering if I should venture into streaming, since (in response to JohhnyB53), the CD player is my only source.  Streaming then leads me to a NAS of some sort.  Those two lead me to a DAC.

Budget under 2k, what should I be looking at in these three areas?
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