My first Magnepan experience was with the MMGW, the small wall-mounted speaker that’s maybe 38”x10”. A friend had them driven by a triode tube amp of maybe 40-50 watts. No bass to speak of, I think about 100hz is it. But the sound! It just came out of the air. A violin was simply a violin, a piano, etc. So I ordered a pair and found a nice little subwoofer to go with them. At some point a familiar, favorite piece of music played and it just grabbed me emotionally like never before. So that’s what they can do, large or small. That mid-range where so much of music (and life) resides is what they do best. I still have them in my living room, where my wife was thrilled they were so inconspicuous (off-white covers) and didn’t need floor space. I have 1.7s in my listening room with 200 watts and life is good. Sure, when I was auditioning them I was drawn to another setup in another room. Wow, what realism. Oh, $50k+ Wilsons. Very nice, but I kept the $1,400 Maggie 1.7s.
Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound?
Planar speakers generate sound pressure via vibrating membrane panels. The excursion of the membrane x radiating area= sound pressure. This would mean that for a given sound level, membranes have smaller excursion in larger planar speakers than in smaller ones. Does this mean that larger speakers will produce more accurate sound?
I am not talking about the obvious benefits of the larger speakers in terms of low frequency production, so let's not get into that.