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maggie 1.6qr

I just purchased a mint set of maggie 1.6qr speakers and am shocked at how good they sound! I am replacing a dynaco st70/ quad 11L setup with the maggies and a bryston 3bst amp. The preamp is a classe dr6.

I am currently set up in a small 10x11 room and jammed in way too tight there. I am moving into a larger room 14x16 and it will be a dedicated 2 channel/ a/v room.

The maggies will be placed about 4.5-5 feet from the rear wall, and about 2.5 feet from the side walls. My seating position will be around 7-8 feet back. With the speakers placed about 5 feet apart, will this distance on seating position be about right or should I be closer?

I know about the cardas method and magnepans setup instructions, but I am looking for real maggie user input and how you set yours up. And do you suggest tweeter panels in or out?

Thanks,Dave (New happy maggie owner!!!)
dav65mus
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tpreaves
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Experiment and put them were they sound best to you.Everyone hears differently and after all,you are the one that has to live with them.Just a thought.Enjoy.
james63
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Should be fine. Would try them a little farther appart too. I have found that I like Magnepans a little farther appart with some toe in. Sound stage was a little more focused with the toe in.

Anyway to each there own.
dav65mus OP
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Thanks for the responses. I am currently in the process of preparing the new larger room for move in. I am waiting on new carpet to be installed and I am now painting the room also.

I have a nice loveseat also that is my listening "chair". I will probably try the chair against the back wall first, then see if moving in closer improves the sound.

I was planning on using accoustic treatments behind the seating position and in the upper corners behind the speakers.I am wondering if the treatment should be all the way down the corner of the walls instead? (As Brownsfan uses)

The speakers sound fantastic in the tiny room now. I am about 6 ft back from them, they are about 5 ft apart with tweeters in. The left speaker is jammed in a corner about 1 ft from the side wall and 2 ft from the back corner.The right speaker is 2 ft from the back wall and has an open door into a hardwood floor hallway just behind it.This is probably the worst possible setup and yet the maggies absolutely destroy the quad 11L minimonitors in every way including bass.

The guys doing the carpet measurement are going to be here this evening.This is going to be a long 1-3 week wait to get setup in the new room!!!

I forgot to mention that there is a 50" wide t.v./audio stand that is 30" tall which will be placed in between the speakers at the same 5 ft from the back wall. There is a sammy 46" led t.v. that sits on top of the stand.

Dave
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