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Do you mean is my room underdamped or overdamped?
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Yes , underdamped in the sense of brightness or duller if overdamped.
I felt the maestros were more neutral but retaining that midrange smoothness at the dealers. I would still love a pair as it has been some time ago and i made improve my room acoustics since. Mine was on the warmer side, though the Maestros were superior, in some areas, the Scalas seemed to suit better. I used to have a warmer sounding room. The Maestros were like a big cc long distance cruiser and the scalas more a little town racer. It was amazing the Maestro allowed a close field monitor like listening position @ 2 m. Last edited by justubes; 08-13-2017 at 10:25 AM. |
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I haven't done any tweaking. It's still in the same position with just a little bit of adjustment to original toe in. I should get my new audio points in the next couple of weeks and then will see. Unfortunately this site has a weird policy on pics so nothing I can post here. You can see general location in my system on audiogon (which shows my earlier Scalas). |
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Same here. I have tried mine is three diferent rooms, and my findings is
1) they work best in untreated room, basicaly the less sound absorbtion the better and more open midrange( going with better absorbtion midrange becomes closed in as bass upper bas overhelm everything) 2) it can be listened in midfield. 3) this is the only speakers which drawns me in to the music, without distracting. the only distracting may be bass power, but once speaker position proprely its just seamles. it have some politeness in mids comparing to wilson audio sasha, but it project enormuos life like image , and most speaker after it sounds like tiny monitors. |
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So one of the things that I didn't realize about my MX-R Twenties is that they go 300W/8ohms 600W/4ohms but then fizzle out at 720W/2ohms. Not a problem for most speakers (for example, my earlier Scalas were fine) but I think that explains why the Maestros don't feel like they've opened up and completely let loose - they need current into 2ohms. I'll see what more watts down low does in a couple of months when my new amps come in.
Btw, I've been playing around with the tweeter jumper. Putting the tweeter jumper into the high position changes the character of the treble - more open and energetic. More "exciting" but still smooth. |
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Before you are too hard on the MX-R Twenty, do you know what the behavior of Pass amps into two ohm loads is?
For example, when Stereophile tested the INT-150 integrated, they found at clipping it delivered 198w into 8 ohms, 284w into 4, but just 225w into 2. |
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i think its exception, some time ago I have read that xa30.5 rated as 30W amps actualy had 332wats(!) at 2ohms. Most pass labs amps have overbuilt powersuplies and doubling power to 2 ohms.
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Huge difference between the M400 and the MX-R Twenty. I've only been listening for a few hours but the magnitude and nature of the upgrade reminds me of my KX-R Twenty upgrade which I consider transcendent.
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