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In Reply to: RE: Maggie Woofer Home Trial Program posted by josh358 on September 24, 2012 at 11:00:12

I'm wondering how my modded 1.6s will respond in a new room after I move? I've never owned a subwoofer but I feel cautious since so many have reported problems of continuity when adding subs to Maggies.

This new program could be just what I'll need to try them out when the time comes. Thanks Josh for passing this along.

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This isn't a subwoofer - kendo 15:03:39 09/25/12 (1)
At least, it's billed as a woofer, to fill the space between the relatively high cutoff of the smaller speakers and the top end of a real subwoofer.
- I realize it is not advertised as a sub - M3 lover 16:51:53 09/25/12 (0)
  but if it can fill in say from 300 Hz down for the 1.6, while possibly adding some extension below the natural roll off, I don't care what it is called.
  
  Still, to your point, it will be interesting if Wendell discovers how he got flat to 30 Hz! ;^)
  
  "For a nominal service fee,
  you can reach nirvana tonight."
RE: Glad to see this - josh358 07:00:17 09/25/12 (0)
It should definitely solve the continuity problem. I know some people who won't use subs with Maggies because of it. Another thing you could do is add DWM's and then put a sub on the bottom octave. You're much less likely to hear it all the way down there and I don't know of any planar that goes flat to 20 Hz (actually, you want to go all the way to 14 Hz from what I've read).
RE: Glad to see this - JBen 17:05:26 09/24/12 (3)
It does sound promising, even for 1.6/1.7, I'd think. We should have Wendell drag a pair of them home and then tell us.

Not being one going for deeper bass just for the sake of "bass", I tend to keep to sub off. So far, all the dynamic good subwoofer stuff I've borrowed has left me wanting for as good a thing as I get from the MMGs alone, to their limit.

I keep looking into the cone alternatives, but now there may be hope to extend good bass detail and texture down a little further down. A little "more good" of this is a ton, in my book.
- RE: Glad to see this - pictureguy 21:12:56 09/24/12 (2)
  Have you tried any of the open baffle solutions?
  
  Too much is never enough
  - RE: Glad to see this - JBen 11:46:38 09/25/12 (1)
    Not yet. Doing it properly would require space that I don't have. I may still try a less-than-ideal setup to see if, at the very least, I can get good time alignment (without DSP intervention).
    - RE: Glad to see this - pictureguy 13:43:30 09/25/12 (0)
      AH, Yes,
      Space, the Final Frontier.
      Too much is never enough

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