[JBorg, Jr.[_2_]]

Jenn wrote:
JBorg, Jr.wrote:
Jenn wrote:



All of us have swapped gear in our systems over the years. Other
than room treatment or other space improvements, what piece of gear
changed the sound of your system for the better to the largest
degree?

For me it was either changing a Micro Seiki TT/arm with Shure
cartridge for the Oracle/Alphason/Dynavector combo in the 80s, or
DCM Timewindows traded for Maggie MG IC speakers, also in the 80s.

Yours?

Down-firing 15" subw powered with a matching out-board 400w
amp.

Velodyne.


I see that there is a pair of Maggie MG3 with a Janis W-3 sub for sale
at seems to be an excellent price. I've heard that it can be
difficult to match Maggies with a woofer, but I'm sorely tempted by
this.


I don't have a first-hand listening experience with maggies which are
magneplanar and flat panels. But I have a hybred electrostat which
also has flat panels that are paired with a pea-sized 8" impotent woofer
subjacent to the stators that produces no palpable thrust below and
beyond the sultry bottom region.

As with flat panels, more often than not, musically integrating the
subwoofer with the main panel speakers is difficult. The initial settings
I made had a distracting discontinuity in the musical fabric. Selecting
hi-pass/low-pass filter at crossover points correctly is tricky. I spend
hours after hours adjusting the freq. points. In my case, it's tiny chips
labeled 30hz, 35hz, 40hz, .... up to 55hz, which I plugged inside the
amps circuit board. Coincidently, I also have to rearrange the movable
articles in the listening room. I never really got the optimum setting
but the improvement were already there.

The dynamic range and extension were greatly increased particularly
at the bottom end. Much to my desire.