19-Mar-2015, 15:51
Thanks for the feedback, gents.
Needless to say, my response to the Maggies is mine: the sound of speakers is a pretty subjective matter. I know some people who love Maggies; and I know some people who really don't like them, in fact a couple of Martin Logan owners. It seems I'm in that category of people who love MLs but not Maggies.
I do take the point about the size of the demo room at KJW1. It's about 5.5 x 6.5m (I think). It may well be that these Maggies struggled to fill the room. However, the particular problem I had with them -- an overly prominent and slightly nasal upper-mid range -- may or may not have been connected with the size of the room.
As for Quads, they're simply too wide for my room. (In fact, the MG1.7s are a little bigger than I want.) And yes, they're a bit more than I really want to spend. This is a second system after all. A second-hand pair of ESL 63s would be well within budget, but there's still the size problem. And I'd also be concerned about the beaming. I use two seats in the room: a chair behind my desk and an armchair directly in front of the desk. From what I know of Quads, I'd have to move the speakers depending on where I was sitting. Not good.
Next week I'm going to check out some ex-demo Vivids and PMCs, very different speakers, both SAM-ready.
This morning I said farewell to my Sf Cremonas.
They've gone to a good home. 
Matt
Needless to say, my response to the Maggies is mine: the sound of speakers is a pretty subjective matter. I know some people who love Maggies; and I know some people who really don't like them, in fact a couple of Martin Logan owners. It seems I'm in that category of people who love MLs but not Maggies.
I do take the point about the size of the demo room at KJW1. It's about 5.5 x 6.5m (I think). It may well be that these Maggies struggled to fill the room. However, the particular problem I had with them -- an overly prominent and slightly nasal upper-mid range -- may or may not have been connected with the size of the room.
As for Quads, they're simply too wide for my room. (In fact, the MG1.7s are a little bigger than I want.) And yes, they're a bit more than I really want to spend. This is a second system after all. A second-hand pair of ESL 63s would be well within budget, but there's still the size problem. And I'd also be concerned about the beaming. I use two seats in the room: a chair behind my desk and an armchair directly in front of the desk. From what I know of Quads, I'd have to move the speakers depending on where I was sitting. Not good.
Next week I'm going to check out some ex-demo Vivids and PMCs, very different speakers, both SAM-ready.
This morning I said farewell to my Sf Cremonas.
They've gone to a good home. Matt
Sonos Connect (W4S) > DSpeaker Antimode 2.0 > Sanders Magtech > Martin Logan Montis
Sonos Connect (W4S) > Devialet 200 > Vivid V1.5
Silver Phantoms (just the two)
London
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