MMG to 1.7

SteveFord · « **Reply #20 on:** 25 Mar 2012, 09:25 pm »

12' wide is about what I have the 1.7s in and tweeter in is just fine.
I'm using a small NHT "sub" which is more like the DMW than a real subwoofer.
It won't rattle the floor but my turntable prefers things that way.

medium jim · « **Reply #21 on:** 25 Mar 2012, 09:33 pm »

Hi Josh:

Thanks for your insight and valuable comments. I have a 16x15 room and would have no problem with 3.7's. I had 1.6's (which are basically the same size as the 1.7's), in the same room and felt that I could go a little larger.

Enter the 2.5's which are a good fit for the room. The 3.7's are just a tad bit taller and wider and feel that they would be fine as well.

The OP's room is only 4 feet narrower, which actually makes for a better room acoustically and in my mind could easily handle a pair of 1.7's.

Jim

jk@home · « **Reply #22 on:** 25 Mar 2012, 10:19 pm »

Yeah, thanks Josh, interesting. I know the larger Mags sound better in a larger room, but we deal with what we got. I run tweets out with the MMGs now, sounds best with the series x-over I use.

josh358 · « **Reply #23 on:** 25 Mar 2012, 11:17 pm »

Quote from: jk@home on 25 Mar 2012, 10:19 pm

Yeah, thanks Josh, interesting. I know the larger Mags sound better in a larger room, but we deal with what we got. I run tweets out with the MMGs now, sounds best with the series x-over I use.

I'm about to put Tympanis in a 13 x 14 room, so (a) nobody in the world is crazier than me and (b) if they'll work, anything will!

(Actually, the Tympani IVa's turned out to be a more practical choice than the other large Maggies, because they can be used in split configuration, with the double woofer panels against the wall and behind the mid/tweeter panel, which is only 18" wide -- not much wider than my MMG's.)

Rclark · « **Reply #24 on:** 26 Mar 2012, 06:23 am »

Thanks you I'm thinking about Tympanis as maybe my bass section.. are Tympanis entirely planar or.. is there a driver section? I'm confused as to what those are exactly... and why Magnepan doesn't still offer this "planar sub".

medium jim · « **Reply #25 on:** 26 Mar 2012, 03:04 pm »

Quote from: Rclark on 26 Mar 2012, 06:23 am

Thanks you I'm thinking about Tympanis as maybe my bass section.. are Tympanis entirely planar or.. is there a driver section? I'm confused as to what those are exactly... and why Magnepan doesn't still offer this "planar sub".

http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/reviews/Stereophile-Tympani4a.pdf

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/673mag