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17 of 23 speakers in my studio and home theater systems are internally powered. My studio system is all Genelec and sounds very accurate. I know the best new concert and studio speakers are internally powered there are great technical reasons to design a speaker and an amp synergistically, this concept is much more important to sound quality than the vibration systems we often buy. How can an audiophile justify a vibration system of any sort with this in mind.

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@thespeakerdude Appreciate your reply. I look forward to hearing your speakers in Munich's high-end show in a couple of months. What is the name of your brand?
Until then,  if you don't mind, I would give Magico and Mundorf the benefit of the doubt. It sure looks like they know what they are doing. BTW, while visiting the Magico factory a few years ago, I remember seeing these impressive XO boards with massive copper traces and a substantial soldering point. I didn't get the impression there will be any physical compromises there.   

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I look forward to hearing your speakers in Munich's high-end show in a couple of months. What is the name of your brand?

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I'll even settle for a picture 🙄🔇🤡

No offence, @mheinze, but we would take a different view of what constitutes physical compromises, and don't expect either Magico or Mundorf understand in any detail why the construction is flawed. There are several aspects of Magico drivers I respect, namely the magnetic structure of the woofers/mids, the cone material, and the overall rigidity. It does not mean that everything they do is perfect. Mundorf I respect their marketing mainly.

No offence @thespeakerdude but you struck out again 🤪:

After examining the data, I found that the Mundorf-designed AMT 23CM1.1-C, as with last month’s Mundorf U80W AMT, definitely exhibits excellent performance, which is what you would expect from a respected high-end home audio manufacturer such as Mundorf.

 

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