having left the hifi scene for close to 3 years now, i am still keeping a tap on the latest, most talked-about, most sensational hifi products in the market.
i am a strong proponent of this brand of speakers called "magneplanar", also affectionately known as "maggie". it belongs to a category of speakers called the planars and they are normally huge in size thus making it inconvenient for typical malaysian households.
to cut a long story short, save for a few die-hards like yours truly, maggie wasn't popular in malaysia in the past until some rave reviews from some authoritative gurus in the USA starting this year. all at once, maggie became a hot name in malaysian hifi with the release of a new generation of models. it won't be too far off to call maggie "the hifi speakers of 2011" or to call 2011 "the year of the maggie".
not ready to upgrade my current big maggie to the latest model, so i bought the smallest model of them all: the mini maggie. the reason for my eagerness to buy this speaker is also because it is a limited edition product and it is so cute and almost cuddly.
mini maggie is every inch a marvel of sound. even fresh from the box, it tells you that it will trash the competition at RM6k a pair. as it breaks in, it unravels a sound that is larger than its physical limit: pristine true ribbon highs, pure and uncoloured mids and a bottom that's tactile and bouncy. most precious of all, it is a seamless sound that is continuous and integrated, not like many mini monitors within this price range. it is, in every sense, a true high end bargain.
i may not dabble in hifi anymore because i enjoy live music (and making it) much much more nowadays but for moments when i need some pure unadulterated good sound, the mini maggie has become some sort of a new found joy for me.
for those with RM6K to spare for a pair of truly high-end speakers and those without the space in the house but wanted high end sound, this is for you. absolutely kick ass.
If not becasue I have upgraded from MG1.6 to 1.7 recently, I must have got this Mini-Maggie at my listening room now. Need to start saving money now.
ReplyDeleteWhat amp are you using with these mini maggie?
ReplyDeleteal,
ReplyDeleteARC CL120 + ARC LS26, meridian G08.2 .....
Wow, must be nice. But I am saving money for your concert tickets here at Los Angeles:)
ReplyDeleteal,
ReplyDeleteif we do come, you have to buy at least 10 tickets cos you don't sound like you believe in us ;-)
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteI am going to see Sandy Lam at Las Vegas during Christmas but I would rather see you guys. I am dead serious. Especially Sandy no longer sounds like the old Sandy that we all known for in the 90's. I am really looking forward to see all of you here!
Al
hi al,
ReplyDeletesandy is our idol, we dare not criticize her ;-)
yeah, let's pray for las vegas!
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteJust got back from Vegas. Sandy's show was ok. The sound system was horrible. The song choices were not my favorites. Nothing really touched me or surprised me except Sandy can still sing great. I would say her voice and singing techniques is still as good as 10 years before. Can't say that for other singers like Alan Tam. I also got tickets to see Tiger Huang from Taiwan at a different location. The stage was not as big as Sandy's but the sound system was awesome. The song choices were good since she knew what her audience likes the most. Her band was also smaller than Sandy's (1 keyboard, 3 guiters, 1 drum, no backup vocals and no dancers). Overall, the audience was more involved than the audience at Sandy's concert. I guess less is more perhaps.