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Maggie 20.1 and Marchand XM-44

I am thinking about moving to an active crossover for my Maggie 20.1's. The Marchand XM-44 seems to be a good fit but I'm not sure what frequencies to order. Is there anyone here that has experience with this particular pairing and what freq's and settings did you find that worked the best with these speaks. My inexperience with external crossovers has me totally in the dark here.
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salmonsc
66 posts
 
I did but wasn't clear what you were using to drive your 3.5s vs your 20.1s ...
gmorris
351 posts
 
Hi Salmonsc:

Currently, I am using the ARC VT100 MKII on the midrange/treble and the Kenwood L07M monos on the bass panels.

I am getting tons of bass, dynamics with >100dB SPL at my listening position. The combo is an excellent match: the Kenwood are very smooth which helps in blending with the ARC. Of course, many audiophiles will say that the ARC VT 100 is not powerful enough to extract the best performance form the 20.1s. But I am very happy with the results. The sound so far is incredibly musical, robust, pristine, panoramic, dynamic with tremendous bass impact and definition.
imdoc
17 posts
 
A Pass Xover set at the speaker manufacturers recommended crossover points and a pair of Bryston 4bst's has worked very well for me.

I have not tried other amps
salmonsc
66 posts
 
Thanks, that's very helpful. Now I've grabbed the Marchand, I am in the process of trying to figure out what amps to use & in what configuration. Tubes on the mids/highs are tempting sound-wise but most are fairly low on watts ...
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