Topic: Speaker (floor-standing) Question

[jpschust]

it depends upon the receiver, ive only used 2 receivers ever that can comfortably push the maggies to their potential- the macintosh 206 and the denon 5803

[todd e]

here is an auction for some 'maggies'

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32861&item=5706040568&rd=1

it is for the whole set.  now how can i tell if my sony consumer receiver will power these speakers?

[zowie]

here is an auction for some 'maggies'

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32861&item=5706040568&rd=1

it is for the whole set.  now how can i tell if my sony consumer receiver will power these speakers?

Unless it's a ES, I would assume that it will not power them properly.

[jpschust]

by the way, for those interested in maggies for a stereo setup i believe mine might be coming up for sale soon.  reason being i was going to have to wait a LONG time for Magnepan to get me a center channel and rears, so I've kind of put my maggie ideas on the backburner and decided I'm going with some different speakers.  Also, finding surround amps that push the kind of power they need at 4ohms wasnt so great to me either.  Finally, the inability to biamp my 10.1qr's was not all that much to my liking.  A great set of speakers, however, just not quite right for my purposes at this time.

[Brian Skalinder]

decided I'm going with some different speakers

Sooo...whatcha leaning towards?

[Craig T]

now how can i tell if my sony consumer receiver will power these speakers?

look in the owners manual for the specs of your receiver to see if they have a power rating at 4 ohm load, or if it says anything about the recommended speaker ohm rating range.  If it doesn't say anything, and only lists a power rating at 8 ohms, I'd assume your receiver will not be the best match for the MMG's.

[MBecker]

i'd check out the psb image line.  They just updated their image line, but there are plenty of places still selling the 4t, 5t, and 6t at heavily discounted prices.  Amazing deal IMHO.  I've got the 5Ts paired with the arcam avr200, which i find extremely pleasing.