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Added near-field speakers

rkgren1

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My living room system is flanked by 5 speakers on each side (The Great Wall of Yard Sale Sound). My computer table is in the center, beside the sound system. I have been using this setup for some time now, switching between speaker with the A/B selector, with 4 sets hooked to B via an impedance-matching switch box. I have been quite happy with the sound while working at the computer, but sometimes I find that I want to get up to go sit in a chair across the room to enjoy a song.

It finally dawned on me to hook a pair set of near-field speakers, pointed directly at me when I am sitting at the computer. So I swapped out one pair of speakers on the switch box for my seldom-used Minimus 7s.

Perched on top the nearest stack of speakers, these these two little speakers make a world of difference, much better imaging and far more definition in the high frequencies.
They pair well with the Wharfedale W60Es on which they sit, and which do a good job of filling in the low frequencies.

I learn something every day.
 
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Hmm I'm bidding on a pair of walnut ones, what is the sound signature of the Maximus 7's? Im going to be using them nearfield as well...
 
I do not know how to answer the sound signature question.

I would describe them nicely balanced, with very good mid- and high-frequencies. I just used the work 'pleasant' in another post to describe speakers, and I would use it again here for the Minumus 7. They are easy on the ears. You will like them as long as you keep in mind that the woofers are less than 3" in diameter, so they lack somewhat in response to the lowest frequencies.

To my ears, though, when I had them paired with a small sub, they were quite acceptable as main speakers in a bedroom system.

They are working great in the near-field role for me.
 
Two weeks later I am increasingly impressed.
Of all of the speakers that I have I think that my Jensen-era Advents 2-ways (Prodigy? Legacy II?) pair best because they have such full low end response.
 
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