Maggies and Talon Roc


Has anyone any listening experience with a Talon Roc subwoofer mated to a pair of Magnepan speakers? I need to get a sub for my Maggies and and the Talon seems to garner quite a bit of praise.

I just auditioned a pair of Vandersteen 2wq subwoofers mated to Magnepan 1.6s. Yes the sound was good as the musical foundation was complete. My only concern is that I could still detect a timbre difference between low bass and bass on about half of the CDs. Even though I could not locate the bass there was ever present the slightly different pitch as the bass notes climbed the scale. So the blending was good but not perfect. This may be the rule of the day with any subwoofer, I don't know.
nealhood

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Good information here. I guess the set-up could have been less than ideal but, from a visual standpoint the subs were located beside and just inside the panels. Seems like a respectable place to put them. And the x-over from the Vandersteen 5 was employed. In addition this was a well respected dealer. I really did not have the knowledge to start moving things around and, given the dealers reputation it should have already been well thought out.

Please, don't misjudge my words. The Vandersteen 2wq is a solid performer. Just not perfect from my perception during this one limited audition. Yet it was good enough for me to purchase a pair assuming I do not find a better solution. Thus my solicitation for opinions on the "Roc".