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Magnepan, Best midrange?

Other than Horns of course.
A few days ago on another audio forum, someone mentioned *why don't you ck out Magnepan??**
I wrote back, seems magnepan is OOB.
He was a  bit upset at my lack on reserach.
SEems Magnepan is still alive and well.
In fact there may bea  back log for the LRS 
Like months back order
Man , not sure why NO ONE here mentioned magnepan's???
Could this be the speaker I've been searching for some 20 years now??
Sure sensitivity is wayyy off my 92db sens limit. 
@ a  miserable 86db sens
However, conisdering the panel is 10x's the size of dual W18's + a  6.5 DavidLouis Full Range + a    Seas Cresendo, all added up, still is less voicing surafce area vs a the Manepan.

I'll run the W18's as bass, If I need extended highs, I'll add a  pair of Cresendos.
WOW and under 
$1G
Alott less, like $650!!!!!!!
Good thing here is, I have a  Defy7, power to spare for magnepan's demanding current draw.
Here is a  YT vid showing how you can modify the magnepan,, I;'ve not watched it yet, will do so today.
This Hifi Guy is the best hifi geek on Youtube.
He knows his stuff and has experiemented in countless speaker designs.
He's da man.
I can 't wait to get my LRS.

And gets even better, Made in the USA,, UNREAL.
If the LRS performs as hoped.
I will make a  long series of Youtube  videos, putting this speaker on the map,  promoting the Maggie as The Worlds Finest speaker.

Ck out all YT reviews of the Magnepan.
Every review gives 2 big thumbs up, 
Try to   that on any speaker on the market. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KzmktPjk5o&t=535s
mozartfan
jimf421
44 posts
 
I have had a couple of different Maggies over the years...I really like them.  I currently biamp them with two Bryston 3Bs...best midrange and high end anywhere near their price point.  I dont care much about strong bass; I have the home theater speakers for that.
cerberus79
52 posts
 
I am currently running three systems in a 35x25x10 room. One is a Magnepan 3.7i, musical fidelity M6PRX amp and M6PRE. The second is 
Martin Logan Summit-X with a Nakamichi PA-7 and CA7. The third is an Altec A-5 with a Sonic Frontiers Line 2 preamp and a couple of homebuilt tube mono blocks. I can tell you that in my opinion and 95% of those that have been here that the midrange on the Logans is better than the Magnepans, not by much but noticeably better. As far as the Altecs it seems to be highly dependent on the type of music I play. My sources for all three systems are streaming  Qobuz through a Roon Nuc with a Mytek  Brooklyn Dac Plus or vinyl. Vinyl is through a PS Audio phono stage, Nottingham TT, Denon DP-80, TT-101. I have played both digital and analog in all the systems and the midrange results are the same.
tub
12 posts
 
At this price and whatever the model you consider (1.7i, 3.7i or 20.7...), there are no better loudspeakers on the market in each category for reproducing Vocals and acoustic instruments such as guitars.
Timbres and soundstage are just incredible.
You need an amp with current to provide dynamic... but the Maggies will  take it all.
A few tubes in the chain of components to add warmth.
Two good subwoofers to take care of the bass if you go for the 1.7i and the 3.7i (though these ones will also do the job with no subs).
No special need of sub with the 20.7s... but it could help.
You can play them loud during hours without feeling any fatigue.
Music and emotion will surround you.
Listen to Joe Cocker's "You are so beautiful" or George Michael's "As" or Stacey Kent's "What a wonderful world" with the Maggies and you'll get right away what I am trying to say.


 
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mijostyn
8,234 posts
 
@bdp24 , you were humming with the Tympanies but lost it with the ET LFT 8B. It has the same problem as Doug's Aspen Acoustic's speakers just lower down. Have you listened to the 20.7's ? IMHO I think they are Maggi's best speaker ever. I just wish they had made them 8 feet tall. As an aside the pipe for a 16 Hz tone would be around 30 feet long.
jhills
610 posts
 
I think a lot of the point was lost throughout most of this thread. The OP was originally referring to the quality of midrange in the little, less than $1K, Maggie LRS and we end up talking about $8K - $25K speakers. In my opinion, for less than a thousand dollars, when it comes to incredible midrange, a large realistic stage, great imaging and impeccable detail there isn't anything under 2K that comes anywhere close.

As far as bass and the perceived amount of power that it takes to drive the LRS - Hogwash. They will do mid base down to 100 Hz very well, with a moderate amount of power, unless you're trying to drive them to 110db. For bass below 100 Hz, when set up properly, any decent sub will integrate very well. As frequencies fall below 100 Hz they become non directional and are anything but quick and punchy - more like deep and throby and integration is way less of a problem than made out.

I have the Maggie 1.7s and drive them very nicely with a 100W Rogue integrated tube amp. Most of my listening is at less than 80db so lack of power is no problem. Augmented with an ADS sub with the filter set at 60Hz and they sound incredible........Jim
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