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Old 07-20-2017, 05:00 PM
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Oh jeez you guys with the pics. I am not a subscriber!!

I'll tell you what - anyone in Michigan that wants to hear them once they settle in - I'm more than happy to have you over. in Ann Arbor. I just love the banana guy.
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Old 07-20-2017, 05:04 PM
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Carlos -

So in your seated position - what part of the speaker is pointing at you if any?
Right now - I have essentially the middle of the mid/bass panel pointed directly at my head.

Can you talk a bit about your break in? Thanks tim.
I have the tweeter ribbons on the inside. Speakers are toed-in slightly and placed about 4 feet away from front wall. Speaker distance from seat is about 12 feet. I also added GIK diffusers behind panels and absortion panels on the side.

I don't remember the break in period as a big factor for me. My system is located in my home office so I just played music for a few weeks while I worked. During the critical listening sessions the system had already reached its steady-state operation. More critical for me was introducing the Pass Labs monoblocks and the WW Silver Eclipse cables.
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Old 07-20-2017, 05:05 PM
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Oh jeez you guys with the pics. I am not a subscriber!!

I'll tell you what - anyone in Michigan that wants to hear them once they settle in - I'm more than happy to have you over. in Ann Arbor. I just love the banana guy.
C'mon, man. It's only $25.
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Old 07-20-2017, 05:27 PM
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Lol. It's the WAF!! Haha.
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Old 07-20-2017, 05:35 PM
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All kidding aside. I will say I have just a TON of hi Rez on disk. The differences between sacd and double dsd and 192/24 or 44/16 are quite audible.
My reference to this is in regards to the 20.7. The differences were not as audible with my other system which consisted of the ML Odysseys

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Old 07-25-2017, 10:39 PM
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timm,
Congratulations on your new Maggie's. I know you have waited a long time. Yes those panels take a while to settle in but it is sure worth the wait. I have the 3.7i's and I am still very pleased with them. Yes we need to see pictures.

~Mike
Mike... this is so true. I've just logged my 80th hour and the bass is starting to come. The dynamics are increasing. Voices are getting more solid. I'm not sure if I have experienced break in as radical as this. The absolute sound review by dan saltzman has been spot on in regards to his comments on the bass panels.

Listened to a ton of the 24 bit Beatles tonight. Maybe not your typical 20.7 music. It was really fantastic. I precluded that with Tchaikovsky's entire Swan Lake ( Jarvi - on Chandos) - remarkable. So panels are doing their thing. And I still think there could be more improvement left
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Old 08-06-2017, 10:31 PM
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Probably around 110 hrs so far. I decided to muddle w speaker placement. I pushed them around and they are now about 5' from front wall as opposed to 10' ... huge bass increase. I also moved them closer together by about a foot. The listening position moved proportionately. Things are sounding mighty good.
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Old 08-07-2017, 09:03 PM
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timm,

I was wondering how you were doing with the new Maggie's as we hadn't heard from you. That is great to hear that they are opening up and settling in. I really enjoy the life size sound stage they present. Keep us posted!

~Mike
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Old 08-08-2017, 09:28 AM
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Congrats on those Maggies! Instead of a tape measure I use a Bosch GLM 15 laser measure. Much better and easier. Not expensive from a hardware store. The bass panels should be about 1" closer than the tweeter is the current recommendation I believe. I found that worked very well with the 3.7i's.

Also in Jim Smith's book Get Better Sound, page 115-116 he says tilt the speakers forward so that the middle of the drivers are at 90 degrees to your ear height. That's hard to visualize, but the picture in the book makes it clear. He goes on to say "If the speaker is tall the sound will be arriving from the lower portion of the panel ahead of the sound from the upper section of the panel. Slight smearing of the sound will result." He goes on to say how to get the forward angle right using a mirror. I had the 3.7i's on Mye stands and was able to obtain taller threaded points for the back of the stand to tilt the panels forward.
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Old 08-08-2017, 01:31 PM
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timeout59,

Those are some good tips.
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