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
Quote from: jpschust on October 26, 2005, 03:13:43 PM
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.
Quote from: jpschust on October 26, 2005, 03:13:43 PM
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.
Quote from: EScott on October 26, 2005, 07:28:08 PM
I have the Snappers and have been very pleased with them.
So you say. Still waiting on pics my friend. :P
Quote from: fsulloway on October 26, 2005, 07:33:17 PM
Quote from: EScott on October 26, 2005, 07:28:08 PM
I have the Snappers and have been very pleased with them.
So you say. Still waiting on pics my friend. :P
Drive your ass on over to G-ville and see them yourself? :o
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.<<
Quote from: scott brown on October 28, 2005, 08:56:08 AM
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?
Quote from: jpschust on October 28, 2005, 11:09:33 AM
Quote from: scott brown on October 28, 2005, 08:56:08 AM
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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i can save you some good jingle over everyone elses retail....unless you have someone all ready.
Quote from: scervin on October 28, 2005, 12:54:27 PM
Quote from: jpschust on October 28, 2005, 11:09:33 AM
Quote from: scott brown on October 28, 2005, 08:56:08 AM
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.
Quote from: EScott on October 28, 2005, 07:12:09 PM
Quote from: scervin on October 28, 2005, 12:54:27 PM
Quote from: jpschust on October 28, 2005, 11:09:33 AM
Quote from: scott brown on October 28, 2005, 08:56:08 AM
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.
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)