Subs for Magnepan 2.7's

While I feel that Vandersteen's full range speakers leave much to be desired, the subs are very good. I used a pair of 2W subs with a pair of Magnepan 1.5s and it worked very well.

i owned a pair of 2.7s for several years. the best sub for it is no sub. once you mix subs and panels, you lose coherency. the resulting configuration sounds like two speakers. if you must do it, run the nagnepans at full range and hopefully find a sub that rolls of at around 50 or 60 hz, steeply, to minimize the overlap.

try to avoid active crossovers. keep it simple.

Herman
I'll check the Vandersteen's out. Thanks

Mr Tennis,
I'm currently using an older single sub crossed over at exactly the frequency you recommended (about 50hz) and it blends well. I think I need better more musical subs and would probably keep them crossed over at the same frequency. Thanks