josh358
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| New Magnepan "Concept Speaker" introduced at Audio Connection To what gnjtack said, I'd add that the planar panels are only 12" wide and use technology adapted from the 30.7. So you could think of it as a 30.7 with compact dynamic dipole woofers. Also that the DSP is used only on the woofers -- if Magnepan c... | |
| New Magnepan "Concept Speaker" introduced at Audio Connection janmov,You'll definitely be able to use your own amp on the panels. | |
| New Magnepan "Concept Speaker" introduced at Audio Connection janmnov, the panels were being driven by the Maggie 300, a 300 WPC amp that will be manufactured by the Minnesota Amplifier Company and that Wendell has been showing at some of his demos. The woofers had a large Bryston on them -- a commercial ver... | |
| New Magnepan "Concept Speaker" introduced at Audio Connection I was there, and it was just like Steve said -- they’re the best speakers I’ve ever heard. Stunningly realistic.I didn’t have a real idea of what they could do until they played the last track, after most of the guys had left. Someone asked them t... | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour I've learned a little bit more about it. I gather that the dealers are handling the invites, but there's been some notice on the forums as well, e.g., the Planar Asylum. Kind of frustrating if you want to be notified of an event near you . . . | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour rbsehno, bad acoustics were a problem for them throughout the 30.7 tour, when they hit a dealer with bad acoustics there wasn't much they could do, no practical way to treat the room when they had only a few hours to set up. Wendell told me some h... | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour Pryso, yep, I remember your post. Actually, Wendell liked to say that they designed these speakers to fit in his living room. :-) One of the advantages of being Magnepan's marketing director, I guess. | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour Pmotz, they ran an ad in Stereophile and TAS. Not sure why they didn't say anything on their website! Bu there will be an event from 3-7PM on Wednesday at Audio Connection in Verona, New Jersey, that's the one I'll be at, and also one in upstate N... | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour They've been burned in the past by products that were great and got great reviews, but that dealers didn't carry and people didn't buy. And this is a significant departure for them. So I think Wendell's idea here was to get a feeling for whether p... | |
| Magnepan needs your help Mike, I suspect you're right. Sure, this will be more expensive, but worth it. It's hard to imagine that people won't want it if it's as good as they say, but it won't work unless there's full customer and dealer acceptance and that, I think, is o... | |
| Magnepan needs your help Jeffvegas,I guess the proof is in the pudding, but I can tell you after many conversations with Wendell that Magnepan was not going to release these if it meant compromising Maggie bass. That was the big challenge here -- to get planar bass out of... | |
| Magnepan needs your help Hi Grossman,Verona will be the event for the New York area, so no need to worry about it not being your dealer, just call them and make arrangements. That's the one I'm going to myself, hope to meet you there! | |
| Magnepan needs your help Secretguy, I asked Wendell about the price, and he said that the price will depend on the cosmetics, which is one of the things that will be influenced by feedback from the tour. | |
| Magnepan needs your help Isn't there a show in upstate New York that might be closer to you? There's that, Toronto, Chicago, and New Jersey so far.BTW, Wendell would love to make panels that extend floor to ceiling! The problem is that nobody would buy them. But he knows ... | |
| Magnepan needs your help Exactly! It's like a dream come true for planar owners -- I'm imagining my IVA's now with a tiny sub rather than 36 inches of bass panels.As you say, the current sub has about the radiating area of two 12" woofers. I've heard others say the same t... |