Magnepan 3.7 - 3.7i owners need help please
It seems they have some new technologies (used in the Big Blue 30.7 speakers that are rumored to come out soon). You might want to wait. Have you heard them both in the same room & setup? when I did that I was surprised how close to the 3.7i that a 1.7 (no i) sounded. But I bought a used pair of 3.7i's... |
Newer is not better for everyone. I have the IIIa’s in home theater and 3.6’s for main music listening. I have heard several well broken in 3.7’s and 3.7i’s in homes. They all lack the low bass of the previous models. They are less warm in the midrange, and have less 3D imaging. More coherent? Not IMO. YMMV. Mark Winey has taken the company in a different direction than his father Jim. All Magnepans take about 6 months to fully break in, and sound their best. They only work best in certain size and shape rooms, with attention to listening spot, speaker, and furniture placement. The 3.7 and 3.7i’s need to be setup different than the older models. Buy Jim Smith’s "Get Better Sound" book, study, and think! Precise setup takes a lot of time, but you will be rewarded, if you know what you are doing. I suggest you keep the 3.6’s. |
I've heard 3.6s but not owned them, they always sounded veiled to me...... I have owned 3.7s for 3 1/2 years...... I will say they need at least half a thousand hours to truly loosen up, and background music won't cut it..... In my experience, 4' off the back wall is too much, I have found that about 3.25' is perfect in terms of bass balance, but my room is probably different than yours..... I'm about 18 inches off the side walls..... My experience has been that tweeters out work best for me.... I aim the tweeters via laser right into my ear lobe at the listening position, and with them on the outside, I get extraordinary realism overall..... I've owned so many dynamic speakers I've lost count and I am very content with the 3.7s.....I can say the Maggies love lots of juice and I've found the magic amp is the Bryston 28BSST2......but I use a tube pre (Convergent SL1 Renaissance w/ Phono.... I may go to the 30.7's someday, but only if I get a little bit larger room.....I'm pretty happy with what I've got in a 24x16 space My Magnepans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF3wnfIAsQk |
