thanhh
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Hi,
This is my 1st post and English is not my first language so please forgive me if I said something wrong. I joint this site few months ago and this is the only forum that I almost read all the treads everyday and learnt so much.
I've been wondered a while why Magnepan speakers rarely mentioned when good speakers topics came up. Almost in every other forums, Magnepan have been considered one of the best money to performance ratio if you have good enough amplifiers to drive them.
I've been using Kef Q900 for the last 2 years and quite happy about them. I had them second hand and paid $800 (Austalian dollars) for them, for the money I think they are worth every cents. In my room, they sound fantastic and I almost never think I need another pair of speakers. Thanks to this forum, I sought out their measurements from Stereophile and happy to know they have not bad measurement at all.
2 months ago I saw a pair of Magnepan MG12 for sale for $800 (AUD), since I'm always curious about them and they seem cheap enough, I pulled the trigger. When 1st listened to them, they blew me away. Although their low bass cannot be compared to the Kef Q900, everything else I "think" they are ways better... Until I sought out their siblings measurements - Magnepan 1.6 on Stereophile ( I couldn't find my model's measurements, I think because they are too old). Despite of JA soft-pedalled it, I think they don't have "good" measurement based on Harman research.
I tried to blind test them but I could always recognise the Magnepan's sound so I don't think it's doable in my situation (I tried to volume match using REW before blind test). Now my wife (I know about "my wife can hear it too" joke around here ), she doesn't care or know much about hifi stuffs, but when doing blind test, she consistently pointed out she preferred the Maggie's sound save for one song - Angel of Massive Attack where she preferred the Kef. Other songs in the test are: 1 Vietnamese song, Leonard Cohen's Songs from the road - Bird on the wire, Eva Cassidy - Chain of Fools, America - A horse with no name.
Could you guys give me some insights into this? Cheers.
This is my 1st post and English is not my first language so please forgive me if I said something wrong. I joint this site few months ago and this is the only forum that I almost read all the treads everyday and learnt so much.
I've been wondered a while why Magnepan speakers rarely mentioned when good speakers topics came up. Almost in every other forums, Magnepan have been considered one of the best money to performance ratio if you have good enough amplifiers to drive them.
I've been using Kef Q900 for the last 2 years and quite happy about them. I had them second hand and paid $800 (Austalian dollars) for them, for the money I think they are worth every cents. In my room, they sound fantastic and I almost never think I need another pair of speakers. Thanks to this forum, I sought out their measurements from Stereophile and happy to know they have not bad measurement at all.
2 months ago I saw a pair of Magnepan MG12 for sale for $800 (AUD), since I'm always curious about them and they seem cheap enough, I pulled the trigger. When 1st listened to them, they blew me away. Although their low bass cannot be compared to the Kef Q900, everything else I "think" they are ways better... Until I sought out their siblings measurements - Magnepan 1.6 on Stereophile ( I couldn't find my model's measurements, I think because they are too old). Despite of JA soft-pedalled it, I think they don't have "good" measurement based on Harman research.
I tried to blind test them but I could always recognise the Magnepan's sound so I don't think it's doable in my situation (I tried to volume match using REW before blind test). Now my wife (I know about "my wife can hear it too" joke around here ), she doesn't care or know much about hifi stuffs, but when doing blind test, she consistently pointed out she preferred the Maggie's sound save for one song - Angel of Massive Attack where she preferred the Kef. Other songs in the test are: 1 Vietnamese song, Leonard Cohen's Songs from the road - Bird on the wire, Eva Cassidy - Chain of Fools, America - A horse with no name.
Could you guys give me some insights into this? Cheers.