I just installed a pair of Grant's stands on my 3.5R's. I could not agree more with your comments - they are right on the money. These stands make one hell of a gigantic improvment in the performance of my 3.5R's. If you have a pair of maggies, you need to get these stands - you will not regret the pruchase. With shipping, I paid about $370 to the east coast (one week delivery). Grant makes a dynamite product and the customer service is tops. Highly recommended!!!
Mye Stands/Maggie 3.6's
The Mye Stands for my 3.6's arrived and I finally installed them and got to do some initial listening.
First of all, The stands arrived in a heavy duty wooden crate extremely well packed and the support struts were shipped in thick walled PVC pipe. Packaging is bomb-proof. Fit and finish are beyond superb. Assembly straight forward. Total time to disassemble stock stands and have these working was 20-25 minutes (and I'm not handy).
Listening impressions. WOW..WOW. I really wasn't expecting mush of a difference. So many times I do tweaks and just convince myself things sound better to justify the time/cost of the tweak. This was the best 300 bucks I've spent on the system.
Specifically:
I always thought Maggies were a little weak with the "attack and dynamics" on drums. Not any more. Listening to Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" brought back aural memories of my Dunlavey SC-4's.
Tighter more defined mid- bass
Soundstage is clearly deeper, a little wider and more importantly much better defined eith more space between instruments.
Whether your a DIY'er or looking for top quality fit/finish (like me)
I can highly recommend these stands.
BTW, It took stands about 1 week to arrive in Boston from British Columbia. For customer care/communication Grant is absolutely the best.
First of all, The stands arrived in a heavy duty wooden crate extremely well packed and the support struts were shipped in thick walled PVC pipe. Packaging is bomb-proof. Fit and finish are beyond superb. Assembly straight forward. Total time to disassemble stock stands and have these working was 20-25 minutes (and I'm not handy).
Listening impressions. WOW..WOW. I really wasn't expecting mush of a difference. So many times I do tweaks and just convince myself things sound better to justify the time/cost of the tweak. This was the best 300 bucks I've spent on the system.
Specifically:
I always thought Maggies were a little weak with the "attack and dynamics" on drums. Not any more. Listening to Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" brought back aural memories of my Dunlavey SC-4's.
Tighter more defined mid- bass
Soundstage is clearly deeper, a little wider and more importantly much better defined eith more space between instruments.
Whether your a DIY'er or looking for top quality fit/finish (like me)
I can highly recommend these stands.
BTW, It took stands about 1 week to arrive in Boston from British Columbia. For customer care/communication Grant is absolutely the best.