Maggie MMG


I heard these at someones office and couldn't believe what I was hearing. I've heard some decent speakers but for the price, holy cow! I swear the stage was as wide as the room and the musicians were right there. I'm considering a pair but here's the deal. I didn't listen for long and it was classical. While I do listen to a bit of classical and most all genres, I'm mostly a rock & roll guy. Do these do well with Rock? I have a decent DefTech sub I can pair them with. I like to crank it up at times as well.
So what do you guys think abuot this? Should I move on or might these do the trick?
Thanks for your input.
griffinconst

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I have had many pair of Maggies, and I think they abosolutely rock. The don't bloat bass, which many people confuse with punch and impact, but they do measureably reproduce the bass that is claimed in their literature. My favorite part of my Maggies is how they reproduce the kick drum and bass in any song. I particularly love the sound of the Police through these speakers.

That said, they do need power, lots of clean power, and that's not cheap.

If you look at the MMG I would think about a high powered Wyred4Sound amp, the most power you can afford.

Also, a sub absolutely helps once you get them dialed in. I have loved the Velodyne DD's for as long as they have been out, because depending on your set up, they can be very easy to set up and integrate.

Good luck, hope you join the Maggie club.
When I had an Innersound ESL (what a great amp), I had it driving 1.6qr's and then 3.6R's, both with great effect.

I never listen to compressed music of any kind.

I probably go 90% vinyl, then the other 10% is lossless files through a very good DAC (after auditioning about 10 different DAC's).

I don't know what the deal is, I have had MMG's, that's what I started with, and I have tried many other speakers as well. I always end up coming back to Maggies.

All of my current set up is listed.

I think rock sounds great, I just played Van Halen, Black Sabbath - Paranoid and AC/DC -Back in Black (all on vinyl), and I can tell you, they all absolutely rocked. Huge sonics, massive impact, and crystal clear.

But that's my set up. I have never gotten any box speaker into my system that I could live with. I have heard some great ones to be sure, just not my taste.

Although, a buddy that has a Mac/Klipshchorn/Technics sp-10 setup rocks the world very well, and I have seriously thought of going that direction for a change. I do love the sound of the Klipschorns and the other's in the Klipsch Heritage line. Older JBL's as well.
I don't think you can touch the MMG in that price range, but there is a very big caveat; Maggies take a lot of power to drive, and you don't have enough power. That makes them cheap to buy, but fairly expensive to enjoy.

I am not sure that your reciever is rated for a 4 ohm load to begin with, so I am wondering if there is a possiblity that you could not only be underdriving the speaker, but potentially doing a bit of harm to the speakers and reciever.

I would suggest getting a seperate amp and using the Onkyo as a preamp. Maybe an NAD 218thx? If you can find one, it's a v good, inexpensive amp with tons of headroom.

As far as other speakers in that price range, I don't think there are many if any in the same league, but I would look at some excellent Paradigms or a smaller Definitive Technology (BP 7006), those can sound great. The Def Tech has built in subs, tons of slam, and still excellent resolution, very good speakers.

Good luck.