Maggies and rolled off treble

Chris and other fans:

For "older" Maggies, are you including Maggies with ribbon tweeters?

Or the really old Maggies, like MG-1bs, MG-II's, Tympani 1-D's. I have had several pairs of Maggies and now have Tympani IVa's with ribbons.

To this day, my first pair of Ib's (no ribbon0 were one of my favourite speakers.

cwlondon

Midrange is the unsung hero of good audio and happy audiophiles.

This is why Magneplanars, LS35a's, Quad ESL 57's, Celestion 600's and precious few others are legendary speakers, many years after they were first manufactured.

In the meantime, neurotic audiophiles spend fortunes on things like "extension" "air" "resolution" and and "transparency" making themselves miserable in the process and then spending another fortune on corrective measures like overpriced cables and silly tweaks.

20 years from now, no one is going to be sentimental or seeking out today's best subwoofers or the most extended supertweeters for restoration.

But original Quads will still be very expensive.

I would say the newer Maggies and Soundlabs are a much better fit for neurotic audiophiles than the older Maggies, yes.

I would not necessarily say that either are bad speakers.

Mr Tennis

Anchovies taste salty.

And early single panel Magnepans are "rolled off" compared to newer versions with ribbon tweeters, as well as most high priced "audiophile" speakers manufactured today.

Cheers

cwlondon

I think those of you who know me well realize I like to get a bit cheeky once in a while, in the good natured pursuit of further conversation.

But Jafox you are sounding a little defensive.

I have also owned and enjoyed Apogees, Martin Logans, ATCs, Sequerra Pyramids, Epos and others over the years by the way.

I am sure my SP-11 is not the last word in air transparency and extension.

But in my experience, those attributes have never increased my ability to relax and enjoy the music.

They have, however, often increased my compulsion to buy more audio gear and/or increased my worries and stress that despite all the money I had spent, there still was something that just wasn't quite right with my system....

I otherwise agree Spendor (and also Harbeth) could be added to the list.

Are you a dealer by any chance?

If so, please feel free to forward my details to all of your customers who have boxed up their Quads and early Maggies in the attic and I will be more than happy to show them a fair bid.

Shadorne

Thanks for feeling my pain.

cwlondon