Giant Black Things in my Living Room

[Ralf11]

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[Ralf11]

damn remote won't work!!

 

 

 

[semente]

On 29/03/2017 at 11:08 PM, esldude said:

http://science.ehc.edu/~shopp/JCP102.pdf

 

You might be onto something here.  Monkeys to test audio gear.  Hearing to 45 khz.  They can't have human biases.  We just use them as test subjects.  Like if the monkeys don't react to differences in DSD vs 96 khz PCM, we can be sure humans couldn't really hear a difference. We will need some of those 'research grade' Maggies however. I wonder if I could interest some audio companies in helping me set up a testing shop for them.  Be providing a public service I would.

 

I wonder if monkeys play ultrasonic instruments... They'd come in handy if one wishes to test ultrasonic speakers. That or a whale song.

 

 

P.S. I wonder what an ultrasonic instrument sounds like... Must find a recording of ultrasonic music.

[Ralf11]

Ha!  an ultrasonic instrument sounds like a dog whistle

 

I am still listening to these things vs. the 1.5s - not blind tho

 

 

[semente]

21 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

Ha!  an ultrasonic instrument sounds like a dog whistle

 

I am still listening to these things vs. the 1.5s - not blind tho

 

 

 

I listened briefly to the 3.6s and was pleasantly surprised.

[esldude]

27 minutes ago, semente said:

 

I wonder if monkeys play ultrasonic instruments... They'd come in handy if one wishes to test ultrasonic speakers. That or a whale song.

 

 

P.S. I wonder what an ultrasonic instrument sounds like... Must find a recording of ultrasonic music.

Some human instruments are also ultrasonic.  As for what it sounds like easy to find out.  Take music into a sound editor and slow it down by 50%.  Now you can hear to 40 khz.  Of course it is a slow 40 khz.

 

I sometimes have taken high sample rate recordings and slow them to 25% of normal speed after filtering out everything below 20 khz just to see what is up there.  It is usually not much of anything. 

[Ralf11]

I should NOT have waited 22 years to upgrade (from 1.5QR's).  Anyone who has any Maggies (esp. ones earlier than the 3.6s) should turn the old ones into end tables and get newer!!

[realhifi]

On 4/23/2017 at 4:18 PM, Ralf11 said:

I should NOT have waited 22 years to upgrade (from 1.5QR's).  Anyone who has any Maggies (esp. ones earlier than the 3.6s) should turn the old ones into end tables and get newer!!

No comparison between those two. The 3.6's are one of the stupid bargains out there on the used market. Love em. 

[Ralf11]

To be honest, some of the improvements the 3.7i's have made are things I didn't even realize were possible.  

[davide256]

12 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

To be honest, some of the improvements the 3.7i's have made are things I didn't even realize were possible.  

I think the change between x.6 and x.7 series was huge... had MG1b's for years but could never get excited about newer models. My wallet came out of my pocket the first night I heard the 1.7's

[Ralf11]

Interesting - I skipped the x.6 era, but I have read that Maggie really improved the 3.6's over the previous ones.  Anyway, the 3.7i's are truly xlnt speakers, and pretty easy to drive too (which saves on amplifier costs).

[realhifi]

15 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

Interesting - I skipped the x.6 era, but I have read that Maggie really improved the 3.6's over the previous ones.  Anyway, the 3.7i's are truly xlnt speakers, and pretty easy to drive too (which saves on amplifier costs).

 

Fantastic speakers. Congrats on your purchase!

[mourip]

Still waiting for a pic of those in your living room :-)

[Ralf11]

not satisfied with the one of me trying to use the remote??

 

 

I'll try to get a pic up in a day or 2 - critically important boozefest with French food tonite

[Ralf11]

ok, here they are - I often pull them further apart and further from the rear wall if "really" listening.

 

Given the highly asymmetric room and the glass on 1st & 2nd reflection points for the LH side I am a bit surprised they sound as good as they do.

 

 

[Ralf11]

[djd]

I had the 3.5's for couple years and loved them .. Well bass extension was tad shy for my taste.  But I had to get rid of them as every couple months I had to replace the ribbon tweets on one of them .

To expensive to own ! 

Bunch of crap so hope the new versions better as I really loved the music . Plus to damn big unless you have a dedicated room .

Ended up with tannoy 15 " Winston Churchill speakers as they seem to give the same presentation musically...  haven't blown them up yet .. Lol

[Ralf11]

Looks like this guy is really into QRD diffusors!

 

 

[djd]

Now your talking!! 

[Ralf11]

Hey -- guess which speakers Barry Diament uses?

 

 

[Audiophile Neuroscience]

5 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

Hey -- guess which speakers Barry Diament uses?

 

Yes, and he loves his Maggies. Mind you, he has also treated his room for resonances and reflections. He says that placing his maggies on roller bearings makes them sound "ungagged"

 

Congrats!

[Ralf11]

Thanks for the setup re treating a room for resonances and reflections!

 

 

here is how Audio Research Corporation tests their expensive tubey electronics before shipping:

 

 

[Johnseye]

12 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

Thanks for the setup re treating a room for resonances and reflections!

 

 

here is how Audio Research Corporation tests their expensive tubey electronics before shipping:

 

 

 

 

They test with Maggies?  Interesting.

 

[Ralf11]

In all fairness, the co.s are close to each other.  Maybe you should arrange some factory tours on a road trip to Minn.???

 

It isn't far from you, and you could eat some small fish soaked in lye... or "hot dish"!  Apparently, they live off of those two items.

[Johnseye]

48 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

In all fairness, the co.s are close to each other.  Maybe you should arrange some factory tours on a road trip to Minn.???

 

It isn't far from you, and you could eat some small fish soaked in lye... or "hot dish"!  Apparently, they live off of those two items.

 

Do you recall my first impressions of the ARC pre?  I said I understood why you liked it with your Maggie's. They both have a sound signature of a large soundstage.  What's even more interesting is that the Atma-sphere MP-3 preamp has a very similar signature. More so than any other pre I've heard. Guess where they're located. 

 

I briefly lived in a city close to ARC. You don't want to go outside for 6 months of the year. Perfect for indoor sports like home audio.