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Listened to Maggies 1.7 today at Lyric Hi-Fi in NYC. They were powered by large Macintosh amp and Lector Trasport/DAC combo and setup very nicely in a room dedicated just to them and Maggies 3.6. Not bad but there is still that issues with imaging. As with all Maggies I heard there is a lack of precession in imaging. Image is big and wide but somehow not pin-point type that I get with Apogees or dynamic speakers. I remember Soundlabs did better in this regard. Overall I think bass response is better than 1.6 and lower models and overall sound was very dynamic and tonaly accurate. Not bad for 2K, but I am not sure they will be an upgrade from Apogees, more side step.

Looks like you guys are having fun. Times like this make me hate my work

The Flying Luttenbachers - Destroy All Music (1995)

This is f*cking great!

The Move - Message From the Country (1971)

Need to get me these new pads to try

I say glue hardens during that special "cryogenic treatment"

Lucifer's Friend - Where the Groupies Killed the Blues (1972) [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rock/]

I fixed this. Airbow SC-1 - Wikiphonia

Wanted to follow up and say that dynamic and amplification section need the most help. Thanks to those who contribute. Wikiphonia - headphone Wiki for the masses

Stomu Yamashta's Go - The Go Sessions (Go / Go ... Live From Paris / Go Too) [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Progressive+Rock/]

Hi! Some of you might already know that I started a small headphone related wiki a few years back. It is coming along nicely, but I only know so much and only have a little time to update it with info. A lot of folks joined and contributed a ton of information, but more is always better. This is basically my Modus Operandi: I am not sure how many of you want to contribute or even know about it, but if you do please join and help us all out. Sorry for posting it this here but I was hoping this might be of interest to some of you.

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) This album kicks ass. Only Roy Wood can mix rock n' roll with very heavy distorted cellos, bassoon and tuba all drenched in ring modulation and phasing effects. Just as the last two Move albums this is superb stuff.

Lucifer's Friend - Where the Groupies Killed the Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fUPVPMw208&feature=related

Jonas Knutsson - Malgomaj

Heiner Goebbels - La Jalousie. Red Run. Herakles 2. Befreiung. [w/ Ensemble Modern] (1993)

Moonshake - Big Good Angel (1993) [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Post%2dPunk/]

I wanted to buy this but action closed, this will teach me to just email the seller next I see a cheap Omega

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Glam+Rock/]

The Move - Message From the Country (1971) [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Psychedelic+Rock/]

I really like some IDM stuff, but mostly listen to old school IDM like Mouse on Mars, The Black Dog, Plaid, The Sabres of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen and some other stuff from Shadow Records and Warp. As far as DnB goes I really like Spring Heel Jack

Any particular Amarok version on CD sounds better than others? I might just pick it up on Amazon, I don't have a lot of Mike Oldfield, but like what I have heard.

Yeah, 1812 Overture, with cannons blasting can stress any lesser system no doubt. I have it on CD, but I don't my version is that explosive although I just might not remember.

I do have some Shostakovitch (Haitink) stuff as well as some other good classical recording with wide dynamic range, but for some reason old Flim & the BB's albums just explode on my system while classical recordings do not in the same way. Maybe it has to do with intentional soft to loud tricks these guys were playing in the studio testings new DDD recoding techniques. Some ECM classical recordings also have these crazy dynamic shifts.