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Polling MagnePan Users - Using a SubWoofer?

Got my 20.7's last year; awesome speakers and almost near perfect in every way...do wish that they had that last little bit of 'thump' in the midbass and bass...

Has anyone tried the big Paradigm sub-woofers, either the Sub 1 or Sub 2 with their 20's or 3.7's? Wondering how successful that pairing turned out to be?
stickman451
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kjweisner
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For 10 years I ran a Vandersteen 2Wq with my 1.6s. I thought it was a terrific match, but I'm not a fiend for bass. It just provided that fundamental bottom end foundation the Maggie's couldn't produce. When properly set up, there was no sense of a seperate, unintegrated sub.
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mofimadness
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I've been using a Paradigm Seismic 10 with a Paradigm X-30 crossover with excellent results.

I had originally bought this combo for my Martin Logan CLSIIA's, but when I switched back to my Magnepan MG3.6s, I really didn't think it would work very well. Boy was I wrong. This little puppy is super fast and super tight and super powerful.

It worked fantastic my the Martin Logans and works just as well with the Maggies. I do want to try one or two of the new Magnepan DWM woofers to see how they sound. That's my next project...
brownsfan
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Stickman, a word of caution. It can be tricky using Rel Subs with your Cary;s. Talk to Cary before you do this. I;d also suggest you keep your eyes open for Cary 500.1s. Control of lower frequencies is much better. You may decide you don't really need a sub.
teajay
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Hi Stickman,

Take a look at my archived GON reviews on the Martin Logan Depth i Subwoofers,built to work with planar speakers, and the MyeSound stands. The ML worked beautifully with my tricked out MG-20's. You have no idea how much more your 20.7's have to give until you get rid of those rat ass footers and place them on MyeSound stands.
arh
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I used to use a Final 3000 sub with my 3.6's but since I got my Berning ZH-270 amps I have no need for a sub
Alan
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