Making Magnapan's more rigid.

[audio amateur]

Stan, how does the 1.6's bass compare with the 684?

[manlystanley]

Stan, how does the 1.6's bass compare with the 684?

Without the 1.2 ohm resister: Almost no bass. The Maggies sounds like a tinny cheap speaker.

With the 1.2 ohm resister: I think the bass sounds at least ass good as the 684. In fact, at times it shakes the walls and I get the gut wrenching feeling of bass going though me. With all that I've read, no one has said that the tweeter attenuation resister should have such a huge effect--but it does on my system......

Best Regards,
Stan

[manlystanley]

Stan, how does the 1.6's bass compare with the 684?

Also, it seems like the 1.2 ohm resisters take away some of the imaging--but then make it more broader as well. In other words, I can walk about 8-10 feet behind my listening postion and get some imaging now. So it seems like:

-- 2 Feet sweet spot
-- 4 Feet fairly good imaging.
-- 8 feet some imaging.

So, with the resistors, I don't have the famous Maggie imaging, but: the sound is warm, imaging is much better then my 684's and I use them for home theator (without a center speaker), and I get so much more nuances to the music. I'm constantly discovering new sound threads that I never knew were there.. Not bad.

Also, my wife says that I keep the volume down so much more now as compared to my 684's. I think, this that's because the 1.6's are much more detailed and I acan hear them better.

In general I'm pleased. But being a human, I want more so will try to find ways to push things.

Best Regards,
Stan