TitaniumTroy
Well-Known Member
First off much thanks to our host Quintessence Audio of Morton Grove IL, they were very nice and put out a great spread of food and drinks. Their rooms are much more acoustically treated the last time I was there four years ago which I appreciated.
I would like to tell my story by repeating something by starting at the end of the evening, the demo was done and we wore over our time by half an hour. When a nice young man showed up, he had just gotten off late from work. He pleaded his case to Wendell to hear just one jazz song, that he had bought from the store before and they should cut him slack. He was desperate to hear just what the speakers sounded like.
Wendell graciously picked a jazz song from his own collection, I cannot remember what it was or if I even liked it. However the young man immediately picked up on the 30.7 for Condo's overall sound. By saying "it was best sounding Magnepan he had ever heard" I got to talk to him a little bit after said jazz song. I don't know how many Maggies he had heard before or even what speakers had.
He didn't seem to be familiar with the online forums for Maggie fans, which Wendell and I tried to tell him about. He also had questions about the audiophile market and how the midfi market is shrinking. and going either to soundbars for the low end or uber expensive for the high end. He had heard some of Wendell's thoughts on this and wanted to know more about it.
The reason I told that story was I agreed with him, that I too thought that was the best Maggie I had ever heard. Now some people might say that is hyperbole, because the room wasn't perfect, I didn't spend that much time with them or only played one track of my own music (Outlands from Tron Legacy), tweets were on the outside ;> etc...
Let's cut to the quick, everyone knows the limitations of Maggies. The Big Four, with various degrees of problems depending on the model of Magnepan. Ability to play loud, lack of dynamics, and lack of deep bass and bass impact. Why do I need a comparison of a side by side with 3.7, I've heard 3.7's 20.7's and 30.7's all before in various rooms. Regarding the Four things I mentioned the 30.7s for Condo's blew them all away, and not by a little bit but by a good margin.
That was not the room that made caused me to have the jump factor in one of Wendell's music tracks, or the deep bass and impact I heard from his Japanese drum track.
I would like to tell my story by repeating something by starting at the end of the evening, the demo was done and we wore over our time by half an hour. When a nice young man showed up, he had just gotten off late from work. He pleaded his case to Wendell to hear just one jazz song, that he had bought from the store before and they should cut him slack. He was desperate to hear just what the speakers sounded like.
Wendell graciously picked a jazz song from his own collection, I cannot remember what it was or if I even liked it. However the young man immediately picked up on the 30.7 for Condo's overall sound. By saying "it was best sounding Magnepan he had ever heard" I got to talk to him a little bit after said jazz song. I don't know how many Maggies he had heard before or even what speakers had.
He didn't seem to be familiar with the online forums for Maggie fans, which Wendell and I tried to tell him about. He also had questions about the audiophile market and how the midfi market is shrinking. and going either to soundbars for the low end or uber expensive for the high end. He had heard some of Wendell's thoughts on this and wanted to know more about it.
The reason I told that story was I agreed with him, that I too thought that was the best Maggie I had ever heard. Now some people might say that is hyperbole, because the room wasn't perfect, I didn't spend that much time with them or only played one track of my own music (Outlands from Tron Legacy), tweets were on the outside ;> etc...
Let's cut to the quick, everyone knows the limitations of Maggies. The Big Four, with various degrees of problems depending on the model of Magnepan. Ability to play loud, lack of dynamics, and lack of deep bass and bass impact. Why do I need a comparison of a side by side with 3.7, I've heard 3.7's 20.7's and 30.7's all before in various rooms. Regarding the Four things I mentioned the 30.7s for Condo's blew them all away, and not by a little bit but by a good margin.
That was not the room that made caused me to have the jump factor in one of Wendell's music tracks, or the deep bass and impact I heard from his Japanese drum track.
