I hooked it up to the Yamaha M-50 I bought to run them and plugged the cd player right into the amp. They sound pretty good but I think I'll keep the Valencias yet

I think these would be great for Jazz or Classical music or even R&R that doesn't have a heavy bass beat in it. The shop just isn't a good place to set them up but it's what I have.

The soundstage is great but instrument placement is non-exisitent. I probably need to move them around and find the best spot.

Has anyone replaced the caps in the X-over on MG1's? If so what values and brand did you use? Thanks.

I paid 100.00 for them and my only expense will be for new socks and caps. Their soundstage is about 5 times wider than my Altecs.

The room is so small the Altecs are only 5' apart and they need room to breathe before you get a decent soundstage. I had them in the corners of a 12' wide and 16' long room once and they really sounded their best then. There was a 8' couch at the end wall and you could sit anywhere on that couch and you were in the sweet spot.

The one schematic circulating the internet for the MG-I crossover is wrong wrt the capacitor stating that it's 13 mfd. Thus the figure given for inductor at 0.33mH is suspect as well. My very rough, quick'n'dirty calculations indicated a value of 0.30mH. Well, that's pretty close considering, so you might not hear a difference betwixt the twain provided the same is done with both.

Something to keep in mind is that no matter what you do to the Maggies, they'll always be a bit veiled. They just don't reproduce low level detail all that well (especially at low volumes) and won't have the same transparency as you've become accustomed to with the Altecs. Of course, the first time some fine female vocals give you goosebumps, you won't care.

- JP