When I was using Magnepan 1.6's, I augmented them with a small Sunfire Super Junior sub to good effect. I crossed it over low, around 40hz. as I recall and didn't turn up loud enough to overtly call attention to it. It definitely gave the system a more fulsome and natural sound and it was seamless on the vast majority of recordings. I'd love to hear my current sub, a Fathom F112, with a pair of 1.6's or 3.7's. The Fathoms have such a quick and lithe response I'd imagine they'd be a great pairing.
Magnepan Bass, Dynamics and Subwoofers
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Lots of talk of the new ".7" Magnepan series speakers. Below is a quote from a current thread on the 'Gon referencing the weaknesses in Magnepans.
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Does a well integrated subwoofer remedy the purported weaknesses in Magnepans? If anyone out there is running Maggies with a sub, what improvements did the sub impart?
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Lots of talk of the new ".7" Magnepan series speakers. Below is a quote from a current thread on the 'Gon referencing the weaknesses in Magnepans.
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However, if you are a Maggie owner/lover and haven't heard an Apogee ... when you do you may become an Apogee convert. Apogees improve on many of the things that Maggies don't do so well, like dynamics, bass response, synergy between tweeter and woofer panels, etc..
Does a well integrated subwoofer remedy the purported weaknesses in Magnepans? If anyone out there is running Maggies with a sub, what improvements did the sub impart?
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