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| Magnepan, Best midrange? hshifi347 posts07-24-2021 7:53pmHello,Maggies don’t do well on the heavy bass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Magnepan's have issues.It surprises me how popular these speakers , have been and still are in demand.~~VERY~ amazedHere isa speaker that will out... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? I may be naive or uninformed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Note all the Wilson reviews. Not even once do they mention Sacspeaks paper composite style sound.No thanks.magnesium is superior to paper in upper bass./low midrange.Seas has magnesium. Wilson offers Sca... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? always thought paper cones were for low end Radio Shack speakers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~You thought right. paper composites will always retain paper characteristics,, YUCKKKK in upper bass/low mids | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? larryi2,563 posts08-03-2021 3:53pmYou can find many examples of current drivers that are very expensive that utilize paper cones--AER, Feastrix, Fostex, and G.I.P. come to mind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As in VoxativEmploys super thin papyrus paper, My ... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? A friend of mine spends a small fortune collecting as many Western Electric or Altec paper coned drivers (515 or 555 or something like that) as he can get his hands on. The cones are so old they crumble if touched. The sound, however, is very li... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? There is paper, and there is paper. Paper is a laminate of wood (mostly) fibers, and can be a very sophisticated product. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SureScanspeaks paper composites are not regular old paper, The material is complex and have excellent, if n... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? I've recently made ~~NUMEROUS~~ posts (more than the board can take). Concerning issues with anything paper/paper composite (Exceptions to every rule as you know). I've heard countless paper cones in the 1970's/1980's. Thats just about the best t... | |
| A full range speaker? william53b OP159 posts07-30-2021 8:13am@mortzartfanHow many W18’s? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dual, thats 2 per channel. sens is 86 db, very low, which is why Seas uses 2 per channel, They use the E001 and not the EX001. I would rather have the EX001 fora ... | |
| Magnepan, Best midrange? btw my speakers are the best and about to get even better..Arriving this week, DavidLouis 6.5 yellow cone wide band paired witha a THor, soon to be upgraded with a Crescendo tweeter. Have 1 already, The tweet is a beast, far superior to Seas ... | |
| Magnepan, Best midrange? with going dirt cheap, most other good speakers (magnepan, vandersteen, Wilson, and hundreds of others) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~None us here are interested in **the good speakers***either we have the best or nothing.Magnepan has too many isssues to d... | |
| Speaker Road Trip r B & W bookshelves I was using. S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Just about any speaker, maybe even Bose beats out B&W.Like I say above , you may want to look into putting together a DIYer. Not too difficuly really. | |
| Speaker Road Trip My concern with the Volti's ultimately is listener fatigue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The fatigue syndrone is not something we can live with.I have my Seas W18 addeda new Davidlouis 4 inch full range,,,soon to replace the 4 witha 6.5 DavidLouis, and... | |
| Mating sub(s) with Maggie 1.7i Glad my tech geek put a Cancel Order on my Magnepan Project.Saved me lots of cash, and head aches.I am runninga wide band along with my Thors and I can not tell you how fantasitic this speaker + speaker set up sounds,. UNREALLLBass/mids/high... | |
| PROAC D48R Bass Booming Oh I am sorry, The woofers are not Scanpseaks,, Not sure which lab makes that driver,..I’d never have gone with a speaker such as that midbass.I only trust Scanpeak, Seas and SB Acoustics. Before I buy any speaker I need to know who makes the driv... | |
| PROAC D48R Bass Booming these speakers very much. But the only problem is Bass-boom and because of that, some tracks are unlistenable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I think ProAc uses Scanpseak woofers, Yes?WEll this **boominess* in upper bass, is part of that drivers characte... |