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RE: Maggie 3.7's vs 3.6's

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In Reply to: RE: Maggie 3.7's vs 3.6's posted by Norman M on October 15, 2012 at 14:21:02

Yes, just ageing by itself will take us down the slope. OTOH, we can reduce the slope's angle...although that is not something we can always control.

In any event, I may have posted earlier something along the lines of how frequency extension is not all there is to music. That's really the kind of thing that I am banking on for the [near] future. I am sure that it is also what you are fortunate to retain.

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RE: Maggie 3.7's vs 3.6's - Norman M 09:38:52 10/16/12 (3)
Twenty years ago; same room, same speakers, I needed to install the resistors to tame the output of the ribbon tweeters.
Today, the resistors are gone bye-bye. 'Nuff said'.
- RE: Maggie 3.7's vs 3.6's - DrChaos 17:09:39 10/16/12 (1)
  I had the theory that the models designed in the late 90's by the elder Mr Winey (1.6 and 3.6) were fairly bright because of his age.
  
  (I find resistors essential on them)
  
  I also pointed to the very bright "digital" sound on Herbert von Karajan's early 80's recordings (apparently he loved it and insisted it was this way and you Do Not Argue with him).
  
  I got a lot of hate for those propositions but I still think I could be right.
  - RE: Maggie 3.7's vs 3.6's - josh358 19:25:20 11/01/12 (0)
    Wendell emailed to say that while it's an interesting theory, it doesn't happen to be the case.
    
    My own argument against it would be that the brain compensates for the falloff in sensitivity, to the extent that usable signal remains. Which is why we don't generally notice frequency response changing as we lose our hearing, even if we lose a great deal of sensitivity, e.g., 10 or 20 dB. So bright will still sound bright, as long as you can still hear in that range, and vice-versa.
    
    To get back to what Wendell said, he made the interesting point that they decided to use resistors rather than a high frequency switch because there were no contacts to wear. But that had the unfortunate effect that people think that if you have to use the resistors, something is wrong. They aren't any different than the tweeter adjustments on every speaker, as long as room acoustics vary speakers will need these tweaks. I think he said at one point though that if you need more than a 1 ohm tweeter resistor, it's time to consider adding some HF absorption to your room.
    
    Another interesting point he's made is that when Maggies sound too bright, it's usually a recessed midbass rather than an excessively bright tweeter. The DWM's seem to be the fix of choice for this -- they have to tune the woofers for an average room, and small rooms can have too much bass, while large ones can have too little.
- RE: Maggie 3.7's vs 3.6's - JBen 11:49:19 10/16/12 (0)
  LOL! Norman, in about 20 years I will not have to worry about it anymore. The genes in my family say that I'll be unlikely to reach even your age. I do wish that you will keep enjoying whatever you can for a very long time.

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