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John Sutton
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: May 21, 2013
Bottom Line: I have been an audiophile for more than 50 years.
Using the usual jargon to describe this loudspeaker is superfluous, this loudspeaker sounds like real music, period.
That's the whole reason for being an audiophile, isn't it? Magnepan got it right, and presented us with the best buy in loudspeaker technology anywhere on the planet.
Yeah, they are a little thin on the last octave of bass. Not to worry, get yourself a pair of good quality sealed subwoofers and don't look back.
The little rascals love power, so I suggest using an amplifier with decent current capacity for the sake of dynamic range. Keep in mind these speakers present a 4 ohm load to your amplifier. For all practical purposes the aforementioned 4 ohms is all but pure resistance at audio frequencies. An power amplifier is quite happy to run into pure resistance as it's job is much easier than running into a varying impedance. Let's hear it for the elegance of simplicity!
The crossover network is minimally invasive by utilizing a first-order configuration (6db per octave) , an inductor for the bass panel and a capacitor for the treble panel. The advantage of a first-order crossover is minimal phase shift. Bottom line, better sound.
In a world of imported products it's hard to find a quality product made in the USA. I'm very happy to know that this loudspeaker is made in the USA in it's entirety.
As for setting up these speakers, common sense prevails. Let them breathe, keep them out from the rear wall by 2 feet if possible. Try to form a listening triangle conformant with your room dimensions and toe them in empirically until you get a consistent 3 dimensional image. The spacial imaging of the MMG's is to die for! You'll bathe in the music and forget that you're listening to loudspeakers.
If you love music and want to hear it as it should be heard, I enthusiastically recommend the Magnepan MMG's.
Used product for: 3 Months to 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: 2010
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BRIZZBOY
a Audio EnthusiastDate Reviewed: March 19, 2013
Bottom Line: HI
I have MMG speakers and run it with,McIntosh MC2505 AMP,60W /per ch.
and preamp AR9, CD PAYER McIntosh MVP 861, speakers cable 2,5m-10AWG cooper.
and this speakers, sound amazing !!!No any problem with any type of music ,classic.new age,rock,i do not run SUB-WOOFER!!! i don't need to,i wondering when people have problem with bass,it must be only placement of speakers in the room,
one tip i can gave you is do not stand this speakers up to make 90 angle"in relation with floor!!!because this speakers need to breathe,from the front and back,won't have bass if you stand them strait up, energy from speakers will hit the wall at the back of the speakers at 90"degrees,so you WILL NOT HAVE RETURN WAVES FROM THE BACK,thati s why people cry for bass!!!they need angle which metal stand (comes with speakers)offer to energy to circulate around room,Big Magnepan speakers.YES YOU CAN HAVE IT STRAIT 90' DEGREES,BECAUSE IT HAVE MORE SURFACE OF COMPRESSED AIR,
BUT DO NOT DO THIS TWEAK TO MMG,WON'T WORK!!!BEST YOU CAN DO IS GAVE THEM HEIGHT, 15cm & above.,i have20cm/ 2x wooden blocks,stained with danish oil,with brass legs under wood stand,than on the top of it MMG speakers. have some rubber strip under metal legs of MMG and fix it with 2 screws each leg to the wood stand!!(YOU MUST DRILL THE HOLE IN MMG METAL LEGS/AND PILOT HOLE TO THE WOOD STAND)
second TWEEK you can do it is,,,change in crossover original cheep capacitor, IT IS ONLY ONE!!! with CLARITYCAP,or JANZEN,or MUNDORF,,CAP,change cheep fuses with silver-gold fuse,x2 fuses.leave IRON CORE ALONE!!!won;t change anything,TRUST ME!!
whan you take sock from speaker frame spry some good electrical cleaner and LUBE on the connections wher all wires come under screws!!!and LEAVE ALONE SCREWS.DO NOT UNSCREW IT,BECAUSE UNDERNEATH IS FRAGILE ALUMINUM FOIL FROM TWEETER AND MID-AND BASS,(DO NOT BRAKE IT!!,YOUMUST BUY NEW ONE!!!
THAT IS ALL!! HAVE FUN
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast
Product model year: 2009
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Jehova
a Audio EnthusiastDate Reviewed: January 17, 2013
Bottom Line: You will have a love/hate relationship with these speakers if you choose to buy them. You will be absolutely astounded by the way some music sounds on them and other music will sound completely lifeless. Here's what sounds good: drums, acoustic guitar, chamber music, female vocals (particularly stunning). Here's what doesn't sound good: anything with significant bass, including acoustic bass in jazz, bottom two octaves of piano recordings, tuba and percussion in orchestral recordings. Occasionally, you just hear the bassist play a descending line and it completely disappears. Likewise, frequently the left hand of the piano lacks depth. Orchestral recordings The two most egregious genres that I've tried on these speakers are reggae and psybient. You might as well listen to this kind of music through two cans and a string. People say that these are the best speakers under $1000 and I suspect that this is probably true in some respects, but you have to consider the cost of the amplification that is required to drive these speakers adequately, which is quite a bit greater than many comparably-priced speakers. If you like to listen to anything with bass, including orchestral music, jazz, or particularly organ music, you will need to buy a subwoofer, so plan on another grand disappearing right there. By the time you're done buying a high-powered stero amp and a powered subwoofer, it might have been a much better value to buy a pair of full-range floorstanders.
Used product for: Less than 1 month
Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast
Product model year: 2010
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Submitted by
goldberg
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: November 27, 2012
Bottom Line: Well George you call yourself an audiophile, i know no other speaker that will give you so much for $600.00, what do you expect for that kind of money ????? the orchestra in your living room come on be serious, $600.00 will get you a few reasonable power cords, you are expecting WAY to much for $600.00, today good speakers below 5k are very rare. Mr.A, info@magnepan.com mr goldberg or silverberg
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: 2010
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MrAcoustat
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: November 21, 2012
Bottom Line: PS: George Goldberg a AudioPhile
Well George you call yourself an audiophile, i know no other speaker that will give you so much for $600.00, what do you expect for that kind of money ????? the orchestra in your living room come on be serious, $600.00 will get you a few reasonable power cords, you are expecting WAY to much for $600.00, today good speakers below 5k are very rare. Mr.A
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
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