Topic: Manley Labs Mahi Monoblocks?

[jpschust]

Anyone ever played with these?

I'm thinking about eventually getting a pair to biamp my front b&w's with

http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/MAHI.html

[BobW]

Anyone ever played with these?

I'm thinking about eventually getting a pair to biamp my front b&w's with

http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/MAHI.html

Gave them a listen. Nicer than a Stingray, and not much more $$.
There's a pair in a showroom in NYC...along with a Shrimp.

Tasty, clean tube sound.

[EScott]

Anyone ever played with these?

I'm thinking about eventually getting a pair to biamp my front b&w's with

http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/MAHI.html

I have the Snappers and have been very pleased with them.

[fsulloway]

I have the Snappers and have been very pleased with them.

So you say. Still waiting on pics my friend.

[EScott]

I have the Snappers and have been very pleased with them.

So you say. Still waiting on pics my friend.

Drive your ass on over to G-ville and see them yourself? 

[scb]

from http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/manley_mahi.htm

>>The Mahis produce superb sound at a moderate price. However, their extremely high input sensitivity means you should audition them in your system to be sure there are no matching issues.<<

[jpschust]

from http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/manley_mahi.htm

>>The Mahis produce superb sound at a moderate price. However, their extremely high input sensitivity means you should audition them in your system to be sure there are no matching issues.<<

One of the things I have been thinking about is running them in place of the front two channels of my mcintosh amp.  do you think that would be totally weird- front two channels are tube and the rest are ss?

[scervin]

from http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/manley_mahi.htm

>>The Mahis produce superb sound at a moderate price. However, their extremely high input sensitivity means you should audition them in your system to be sure there are no matching issues.<<

One of the things I have been thinking about is running them in place of the front two channels of my mcintosh amp.  do you think that would be totally weird- front two channels are tube and the rest are ss?

How about bi-amping the B&W's with the solid state to the bass. Best of both worlds.  It would all depend on the internal wiring of the speaker I guess.

sc

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[EScott]

from http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/manley_mahi.htm

>>The Mahis produce superb sound at a moderate price. However, their extremely high input sensitivity means you should audition them in your system to be sure there are no matching issues.<<

One of the things I have been thinking about is running them in place of the front two channels of my mcintosh amp.  do you think that would be totally weird- front two channels are tube and the rest are ss?

How about bi-amping the B&W's with the solid state to the bass. Best of both worlds.  It would all depend on the internal wiring of the speaker I guess.

sc

I believe that is known as vertical bi-amping.  It's my understanding when doing this that you need to make sure both components can accept the same level of input line signal - i.e. turning the volume up on your pre results in the same level of volume increase for both components.  I was looking into doing this and the guys at Upscale Audio said it could be somewhat tricky.

[scervin]

from http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/manley_mahi.htm

>>The Mahis produce superb sound at a moderate price. However, their extremely high input sensitivity means you should audition them in your system to be sure there are no matching issues.<<

Yes it can be tricky, but I've seen it done and it didn't sound bad.  Was it correct??  I don't know. 

One of the things I have been thinking about is running them in place of the front two channels of my mcintosh amp.  do you think that would be totally weird- front two channels are tube and the rest are ss?

How about bi-amping the B&W's with the solid state to the bass. Best of both worlds.  It would all depend on the internal wiring of the speaker I guess.

sc

I believe that is known as vertical bi-amping.  It's my understanding when doing this that you need to make sure both components can accept the same level of input line signal - i.e. turning the volume up on your pre results in the same level of volume increase for both components.  I was looking into doing this and the guys at Upscale Audio said it could be somewhat tricky.

[jpschust]

well it has to wait.  both the pre and the amp need to go back to mcintosh for a service.  my optical in on my pre is going wacko.  my amp has a light out and my right channel is somewhat muted (almost like putting a 10db pad on it)