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RE: Strange dilemma

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In Reply to: RE: Strange dilemma posted by farfetched on December 15, 2024 at 11:14:38

I don't have a speaker recommendation, but there are many options for moving your LRS's. I have sliders from Herbies Audio Lab on my MGIII's with Mye stands and they're pretty easy to move on carpet. I'm sure there are similar options for hard surface floors with something as light as the LRS. Some people have used casters to move their Maggie's around. Personally, I'm not inclined to move Maggie's around, unless I'm playing with room placement.

Maybe you just have Gear Acquisition Syndrome... ;) Do you already have gear to drive new speakers? If so, that would help steer your speaker selection.

Regards,

Steve

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RE: Strange dilemma - farfetched 06:09:31 12/17/24 (2)
I already have two systems but for speakers.

It's not so much gear acquisition, as room utilization. The TV room gets nice sun. I often read while listening, and love to read in the sun. Plus, of course, the damn TV could use decent sound, I guess.

You hit the dilemma on the head about speaker recommendations. Sure, I could up my budget, but that kinda makes me feel le a sucker. ~$1500 for a speaker that gives me the ez magic of maggies?

Maybe another brand of dipole. Open baffle stuff.

Was listening to Renee Fleming, The Beautiful Voice yesterday. Why would I compromise, I keep asking myself.

It's winter. I got time.

/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
- What I did - johnvb 05:04:39 01/06/25 (0)
  I have a similar deal, dedicated 2 channel upstairs room and then a TV (stereo/HT) downstairs living room. Had MMGs (modified) upstairs. Switched them over to KEF LS50s. Then upgraded the HT downstairs, moved the LS50s to there, along with more KEFs for a 5.2.4 system.
  
  Now building a pair of diy open baffle speakers for the upstairs. Missed the dipole sound of the Maggies, but wanted something more accommodating to fit the room better. So putting together 2-way active/hybrid OBs, consisting of compound dual 15" woofers, FR mid drivers and Heil AMT tweeters. Fun stuff. Drivers and baffle material/hardware close to $1500. Could of been less if I had to penny pinch.
  
  So you could move your Maggies into the TV room and try something similar in the other room. No offense to the owners of multiple Magnepans, but for me multiple systems should have a little more variety.
- RE: Strange dilemma - s.a.b. 13:58:31 12/17/24 (0)
  In my 2.1 bedroom system used mainly for streaming Netflix and the like, I'm using the LRS+ and a sub in the corner.
  
  I'm continually amazed how great it sounds using optical out from the Sony tv to a Benchmark Dac/pre and my old Adcom 545 II.
  
  Re the sub, I found it best to keep the crossover quite low (38hz- I have a lot of room gain) and the gain quite high.

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