Hi James
Could you tell us specifically which components were in each of your systems? And maybe something of the room dimesions?
I am particularly interested in what was used with your Maggie 3.6's. (eg. single amp, bi-wire, passive bi-amp, active bi-amp how much power etc.) You probably used your BP26 preamp but I curiously if you have used the BP6 or BP16 or your other integrateds.
Now that we've moved I'm finding that the larger room has a huge (positive) impact on how my Maggie 1.6 QR's sound. I'm reevaluating what I may need to optimize my system.
Thanks
Alex
Hi Alex,
Sure.
I kept all the front ends the same(for continuity):
Bryston BDC-1 CD Player (using xlr balanced outputs)
Bryston BP26/MPS2 preamplifier(using balanced XLR ins)
Bryston Interconnects and Speaker cable and connectors.
All amplifiers located close to the speakers.
PMC IB2 Active system:
Room size 16x23x8. Speakers 10 feet apart 4 feet from the front wall and seating 10 feet away.
Bryston/PMC Electronic crossover x 2
7B SST x 2 on bass drivers
4B SST x 2 on Mids and Tweeters
Torus 60 amp Powerline Conditioner
Tri-wired speaker cables
Quad 2905 System:
Room size 14x11x8. Speakers on the long wall 2.5 feet from the back wall and 8 feet apart. Listening position 8 feet from the speakers - couch back against the side wall.
Bryston 2B SST
Torus 20 amp Powline Conditioner
Single wire speaker cables
Magnepan MG 3.6 system:
Room size 14 x 30 x 8 - using 1/2 of the room at one end so there is lots of space behind the listening position. Speakers are 9 feet apart -tweeters to the outside and angled in - seating is 9 feet away and speakers are 3 feet from the back wall.
Bryston 14B SST
Torus 20 amp Power Conditioner
Bi-wired
I have used all speakers in all rooms during my experiments as well as a number of different amplifiers.