Magnepan 3.6r's - are they to much for my room?


After years of dynamic speakers, I am considering a switch to planars. I am interested in the maggie 3.6's, but a little concerned about the room. It is 14'x18' with 5' openings on both ends, which lead to other rooms.I have my system set up in my preferred way with the speakers on the long wall. This arrangement would lead to the speakers being out about 3.5'from the wall, with about 7' apart, and my listening position 8'away.

Jazz makes up most of my listening,using a Classe 301 amp,Joule pre-amp with an audio research cd-2.

Thanks in advance for your help!
jkw1

Showing 1 response by rbirke

I agree with the above posts in the following respects:

Clear those babies away from the side walls or the tweeters are going to overwhelm the rest of the drivers.

Power to the people -- I had Bryston 7B-ST's putting nearly a kilowatt into the 4 ohm maggies -- and current is at least as important as wattage.

You will love them with jazz. I did. I only got rid of mine because I was losing my 24' wide room to make a couple of 12' wide rooms. And because my child is getting old enough that he posed a danger to their continued health and well being. Otherwise, I'd have kept them forever.