The French Connection to the Great American Sound

[thur]

Hi everyone,

Before I am going to introduce myself in the proper department I shall publish my system here! Narcisme isn't strange to us all, right

The Present:


Third Magnepan installment: the Magneplanar 1.6 (the MG-2a's working as diffusers ... plus I can still listen to the old ladies whenever I like)


Some SMGa's in the back (recently waxed the wood)


The listening space


Here's the Denon AVC-A10SE + Denon AVC-A1D (just in case).
As a source there is the allrounder Denon DVD 2900 and a Technics SL-1210mk2 (Denon DL-160 cartridge), using my Sony TA-FA3ES as an ad interim phono amp.


The collection

The Past:


Second Magnepan installment: MG-2A + SMGa


First Magnepan installment: SMGa (2 pairs: 1 black, 1 vintage)


The French Connection: 4 x Jean Marie Reynaud Opera.



Greetings,

Thur

[Slippershod]

classy stuff all round...

love those Jean Marie Reynaud Opera speakers: look a bit like kef 105s to me but cuter?

[Spectral Morn]

Interesting set up Thur

Welcome to AOS.

Love big Denon AV amplifiers I have an A1SE myself, excellent even if it is a bit on the old side. Love Lowe TVs too, only the CRT ones mind, their LCDs are pretty poor.


Regards D S D L

[thur]

@Slippershod,

Yes, I loved them too. I sold them some months ago ... and regretted that immediately

Especially since I do have enough room to store them all. But at that time I had 3 pair Magnepans and 4 pair Jean Marie Reynauds. That was crazy. Still, shouldn't have sold the Operas.
They sound very different from the KEFs, though.

@D S D L,

Yes, the older Denons are great. In Stereo Direct mode quite sufficient for the MG 1.6, in DD and DTS certainly good enough. They are dated, but with 4 Magnepans one does not need a 7.1 setup ... and I do not have any Blu-Ray discs but an old - indeed a superior Loewe - CRT.

Greetings,

Thur.

[Reid Malenfant]

Hi Thur 4 Maggies, you'll have Alex (magiccarpetride) in a bit of a sweat

Nice looking setup you have there & some very interesting kit! Also good to see someone else on here that listens to multichannel as there aren't many of us - i have to keep burning the torch

I have gone down the blu ray route however so i had to go full HD, i do have a choice of TV or projector though... All good fun.

All the best to you

[Slippershod]

@Slippershod,

Yes, I loved them too. I sold them some months ago ... and regretted that immediately

They sound very different from the KEFs, though.

I know we're all very different on such matters, Thur, but aesthetically alone they do it for me - one of the nicest speakers I've seen. No doubt way out of my price range 'tho, so by the bye for me ...

Anyhow, I would imagine what you're left with more than makes up for letting them go

[s70rmp]

Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ

excellent cd, I bet that sounds great through them speakers

[Erik van Voorst]

Nostalgia....one of the very first serious audiophile speakers I heard for the first time in a home-situation listening room at a friend......

I was stunned...never forgot that moment.....

[MartinT]

Nice setup, Thur. How do the Maggie 1.6s compare with the 2as?

[thur]

Nice setup, Thur. How do the Maggie 1.6s compare with the 2as?

I did (and do) like the MG-2A's very much. But they are 30 years old and never serviced, so I didn't dare playing very loud, afraid I might harm the old ladies.
Then I listened to the 1.6's ... was pleasantly surprised ... so I bought them new.
But once home, to be honest, the MG-2A's were proving to be (in my room, that is) far far far superior: on paper they do only 45Hz to 16,000 Hz and all, but they really sing, while in comparison the pair 1.6 only play.

Greetings,

Thur