Douglas, then I will debate it with myself. I use ESLs but that does not keep me from supporting Maggie owners. Having set up quite a few I am very familiar with them. I challange you to find another review of any Magnepan speaker that says they can not image. It might be a different image (larger) but an image none the less. Having had Tympani's back in the early 80's I can vouch for the fact that because of their hinged multi panel design they can be daunting and harder to get right than any dynamic or horn speaker and a lot of people have trouble with them myself included. It took me over 6 months to be happy with their sound if I remember correctly. I sold them after three years because I was moving from Alabama back to New England home of Apogee Acoustics and a brand new pair of Diva's a speaker more problematic than even the Tympani's.
Magnepan Sweet Spot
For the last year, I have been listening to my set of Magnepan Tympani IVs. They are great at creating a wall of sound, and picked up substantial bass and detail when I acquired a Parasound A21. However, I have failed to create the sweet spot I have experienced with other maggies I have owned. Between this failure and the size of the Tympanis, I am considering selling them and looking at other Magnepan models to achieve the sweet spot. I have always loved the Magnepan clarity and detail, and do not need thumping bass.
The current Tympani arrangement has them at one end of a 22x12 room (12' wall behind them). If I change them out, I think I will rotate the setup, so that the listening chair will be at one end of the 12' wall and the speakers 3' - 5' away from the other wall.
Given this setup, which of the Magnepan line should I consider to achieve that sweet spot?? I have MMGs but would probably get the LRS if I chose that size speaker.
Heresy though it may be, if I turned away from the Maggies, what speakers would achieve similar results for about $2500 used?
The current Tympani arrangement has them at one end of a 22x12 room (12' wall behind them). If I change them out, I think I will rotate the setup, so that the listening chair will be at one end of the 12' wall and the speakers 3' - 5' away from the other wall.
Given this setup, which of the Magnepan line should I consider to achieve that sweet spot?? I have MMGs but would probably get the LRS if I chose that size speaker.
Heresy though it may be, if I turned away from the Maggies, what speakers would achieve similar results for about $2500 used?
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