If it were me that owned the Magico Mini’s like any very good speaker, I would do anything I could ie throw the kitchen sink at it as needed to allow it to perform at its best before adding anything else.
That’s what I did with my big Ohm 5s and it payed off 100%. No subs!!
I never felt a need to add a sub even with the Dynaudio Contour monitors, though for some more extended recordings it would certainly have helped.
I do use a sub with my kef ls50s. Those are the smallest monitors I have run regularly but wonderful within their limits and with a sub they are top notch, up to a certain SPL level that is more than satisfactory in the small room they are in. THe kefs + sub cannot compete with the much larger Ohm 5s in a much larger room with no sub in terms of going loud and clear.
The Ohm 5’s with the 500 w/ch Class D Bel Cantos are the bomb. You turn up the volume and they keep going louder and clear until you reach those very high SPL levels that eventually get uncomfortable and can even cause damage to to the ear no matter what. THing is you never realize how loud the things are actually playing until you try to talk to someone and hear. That’s always a good sign from a distortion perspective! I know Ralph would agree with that. Compression is not an issue.
My goal was to be able to do that. It took the 500 w/ch Class D BEl Cantos to do that. The previous 120 w/ch Musical Fidelity was no match. Nor the 330 w/ch Carver amp prior to that (voiced like a tube amp, limited current delivery into 4 ohms). The Carver did very well with the Magnepans I had prior to the big Ohms though.
Magico Minis.....those are very good standmount speakers.....larger than many if not most. I would not expect them to compete with larger speakers of similar quality in terms of ability to go loud, but would expect them to be more than capable alone in a small to modest sized room driven to their max. Again, would be nice if other Magico mini owners would chirp in with their actual experiences trying to crank up the minis.
That’s what I did with my big Ohm 5s and it payed off 100%. No subs!!
I never felt a need to add a sub even with the Dynaudio Contour monitors, though for some more extended recordings it would certainly have helped.
I do use a sub with my kef ls50s. Those are the smallest monitors I have run regularly but wonderful within their limits and with a sub they are top notch, up to a certain SPL level that is more than satisfactory in the small room they are in. THe kefs + sub cannot compete with the much larger Ohm 5s in a much larger room with no sub in terms of going loud and clear.
The Ohm 5’s with the 500 w/ch Class D Bel Cantos are the bomb. You turn up the volume and they keep going louder and clear until you reach those very high SPL levels that eventually get uncomfortable and can even cause damage to to the ear no matter what. THing is you never realize how loud the things are actually playing until you try to talk to someone and hear. That’s always a good sign from a distortion perspective! I know Ralph would agree with that. Compression is not an issue.
My goal was to be able to do that. It took the 500 w/ch Class D BEl Cantos to do that. The previous 120 w/ch Musical Fidelity was no match. Nor the 330 w/ch Carver amp prior to that (voiced like a tube amp, limited current delivery into 4 ohms). The Carver did very well with the Magnepans I had prior to the big Ohms though.
Magico Minis.....those are very good standmount speakers.....larger than many if not most. I would not expect them to compete with larger speakers of similar quality in terms of ability to go loud, but would expect them to be more than capable alone in a small to modest sized room driven to their max. Again, would be nice if other Magico mini owners would chirp in with their actual experiences trying to crank up the minis.