2. speakers
  3. 1033719662

Speaker that

I have Maggies 1.6 on my system with 7W 300B SET amp. (I can hear the laugh all the way from CA :)

As my environment doesn't allow me to play a loud music (very tiny room, sensitive neighbour and so on.), I have to lesten at very low level (9-10 O' O'clock on the Volume of AE-3 pre that control 7W SET amp to drive Maggies. I am satisfied with the soud I hear though.

AS Maggies sing when played loud. I feel that I just waste it's potential and space in my room with them. So I am looking for another alternative that can "sing" at low level.

I know it will be hard to go back from Maggies to boxes, but I will be happy to if I have to. I was using Axiom M22ti with good result

Any suggestion out there? Budger should be right a round the maggies.

My system:

AES SE-1 SET amp (300B tube, 7W)
AES AE-3 Preamp (tuvbe rectifier)
CAL Ikon2 CD player
ZU Oxyfeul interconnect
ZU Julian speaker cables
ake
marakanetz's avatar
marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
what is your budget range?
according to the rest of your electronics you should seek among the triangle speakers.
if you want to go higher you can research coincident which are the most suitable for SET speakers.
maxgain
526 posts
 
I didn't laugh at the SET/Maggie combo so don't laugh at this. Get ahold of a pair of Sound Dynamics RTS-3's( about $200 from Audio Advisor, talk to my friend Joe at ext. 670. yes this is a plug for Joe, but we worked together in the biz long ago). These sound better than you would believe and if you want you can spend the rest of the $ on real fancy stands! I was amazed by the sound of these things even comparing them to ProAc's that cost $3K.
danner
202 posts
 
I use the AES SE-3 and AES SE-1 with Merlin VSM-Ms and love the combination. Welbourne Labs lists the Merlins as SET friendly and I've found this to be true. There are several VSM-SEs and VSM-Ms currently on Audiogon ranging in price from 1950 to 4900. I don't use the BAM (bass augmentation module) but rather have a sub for the bottom. You could try it with and without the BAM since all those for sale come with it. I believe the BAM provides a 5dB boost at 35 Hz but may be OK at the levels you'll be playing.
More to discover