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I have owned MMG, 12's and, most recently, LRS. I love the sound of Maggie's in general and, if I was single and had a dedicated space, I might still have a pair of Maggie's....I have recently gone to a Triode Labs SET amp driving a pair of Omega Super 3i and I absolutely love the sound, it feels like it has "texture". Bearing in mind that I mostly listen to jazz and vocal jazz.
Well.. To be fair... Slightly more than a month.... But, yes, I quickly realized that I was fighting a flawed room and a spousal acceptance factor. The LRS are amazing but in my circumstance, were not the right fit. I know that I will own Maggie's again but for now I am loving my Omega's!
I briefly owned the Super 3is, and when I sold them I wrote this in my ad, "3 dimensional soundstage and image placement as good as I've heard. I used them with a 4 watt Bottlehead Seductor tube amp and they never lacked for volume or dynamics. The downside, these speakers require a subwoofer if they are free standing which is how I used them. Once I had the sub dialed in though, excellent balance." I stand by that statement. Their most positive aspect was the 3D imaging, and biggest drawback was lack of bass. Without the sub, they were unlistenable for me.I've also owned several pairs of Magnepans, 12qr, 1.6qr and 1.7. Although it was several years ago, I'm remembering the 12s as my favorites. In the room I used them in, they had enough bass not to need a sub (for me). Maggies do a lot right, but what they don't do is what I've come to realize is my top priority. For me, the Maggies don't give a 3D soundstage. A wall of sound is what I hear, and it doesn't draw me in the way a deep 3D soundstage does. And this is with the speakers 5 feet into the room. Good luck with the Omegas.
Single and had the space huh. Kind of my situation. Why I placed the order with Louis. My wife hates them so far out into the room. Even though they are in my office and she hardly ever goes in there. To be honest, I really don't like them out so far into the room in such a small room but man, they sound SPECTACULAR! But happy wife happy life. She is okay with them being down in the living room about 1.5 to 2 feet off the wall. I have tried them out in that spot and they sound good too. So the Maggie's in the living room, Omega's, office two channel system and ZU's in the theater room. But I would say I do most of my listening in the office two channel room, so I need and want the best in there. My expensive equipment is in there. I am sure the Super 3 HO's will make me very happy. I am planning on getting two subs. Is it okay to set the monitors on the subs or should I get actual stands? Of course if I sat them on the subs, I would decouple them from the sub boxes.
You can set the 3i's on top of your subs. However I'd recommend decoupling them (from the subs) and getting the 3i's up to proper listening height. Take a look at the Isoacoustics Aperta stands. Perfect for that kind of application.
I’m running a pair of Super 3HO monitors sitting on top of a pair of Rhythmik F8 subwoofers (20”H). I use an Isoacoustics (similar to Alpert’s) decoupled between them. It acts very much like a modular full-range speaker with active bass. I’m thinking about putting a cap fore the power amp to roll off signal below 60 or 80hz. The stereo subs can reach as high as 250hz but are low pass only.
