Dave1210
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Ah yes, getting the panels to come alive. Thanks for the reminder on that front. I recall that in multiple listening sessions with Maggies, listening at lower volumes was just plain boring. The music wasn’t engaging at all. As you said, ‘thin’ might be the perfect description (i.e. lacking body/weight). I often wondered if the thinness was a result of the speakers, amp, or both.
With my higher efficiency/crossover-less speakers and a 2 watt SuperZen, turning up the volume slightly produces full bodied sound with great clarity (ZMA is the same way). And in reality, I do a lot of my listening at lower volumes too.
I suppose what I was poking at with the resistive load was what you mentioned with the JansZens. There isn’t a wide range of impedance across the frequency range, which should be an easier load (especially for a tube amp).
I have heard the JansZens once (at an audio show) and I was both impressed and disappointed at the same time. I think it came down to the SS amplification that was being used, and David was playing quite a few MP3’s, which really sounded awful (I think he was trying to show that the speakers could ‘rock out’, and weren’t just for jazz/classical, but with the bad source files and loud volume it was actually hurting my ears). That said, I could definitely hear the potential. The midrange had excellent presence and clarity, and the bass was very tight and articulate (I think I have an aversion for speakers with traditional ports, and the sealed bass on the JanZens was a breath of fresh air).
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