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In Reply to: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) posted by RGA on June 7, 2004 at 22:20:17:
Interesting observations, particularly about the Magnepans (I sort of expected your Audio Note rave :) ). I too have had my uncertainties about Maggies and this is coming from a dedicated planar speaker owner! I recently heard the big daddy Magnepans (the 20.1s) at the High End show in Munich driven by the new Jeff Rowland 201 amps and a Synergy i preamp. Well, the mids were phenomenal as I have found to be true of most planar speakers, the highs were extended and clean but also sometimes a bit sharp (I am still not convinced by a true line source ribbon of pure metal). Bass? Well, not so good lumpy and without impact. Generally, I would attribute this to room setup as the wall behind the speakers was glass. However, they were more than 6 feet from the wall and it is possible to get good bass from planar dipoles. I am wondering though if it isn't endemic to Magnepans because of the way they tune their big rectangular bass panel. Personally, I can see how the bass might bother you and I am sure that the Audio Notes have greater impact (but perhaps less well defined) in the bass. This is not, however, necessarily true for all planar speakers. See, I have Apogees and they have incredible bass with real impact and a transient response there that no cone can compete with (not to mention a midrange to die for and smooth detailed treble). However, the bass panel is a trapezoid not a rectangle and this affects the resonances and Q of the panel quite alot. However, having heard a bunch of box speakers again has reminded me of their inherent colorations and lack of coherence and this makes me say "no way".
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Topic - I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - RGA 22:20:17 06/7/04 ( 30)
- What a nice post... - Jack Gribble 14:10:59 06/9/04 ( 1)
- Re: What a nice post... - RGA 17:25:03 06/9/04 ( 0)
Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - Kristian85 11:48:04 06/8/04 ( 3)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - 92135011 21:49:13 06/8/04 ( 0)
This may be true of most dealers but... - Jack Gribble 14:08:24 06/8/04 ( 0)
Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - RGA 12:22:27 06/8/04 ( 0)
Outstanding and comprehensive review... - enzo 10:59:42 06/8/04 ( 1)
- Re: Outstanding and comprehensive review... - RGA 12:16:35 06/8/04 ( 0)
LONG? Understatement alert ! - Dalibor Bauernfrajnd 04:12:10 06/8/04 ( 2)
- Re: LONG? Understatement alert ! - RGA 08:14:51 06/8/04 ( 1)
- Re: LONG? Understatement alert ! - Dalibor Bauernfrajnd 01:55:51 06/9/04 ( 0)
Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - morricab 06/8/04 01:41:06 06/8/04 ( 6)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - RGA 08:39:35 06/8/04 ( 5)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - morricab 08:06:47 06/9/04 ( 4)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - DRCope 06:45:03 06/11/04 ( 0)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - RGA 21:19:59 06/10/04 ( 2)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - morricab 00:02:40 06/11/04 ( 1)
- Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - RGA 12:30:38 06/11/04 ( 0)
Re: I upgraded to AN J's and other speaker musings. LONG :-) - morricab 01:40:29 06/8/04 ( 11)
- Apogee Calipers & MGIII's - GTF 09:46:06 06/8/04 ( 10)
- Re: Apogee Calipers & MGIII's - morricab 07:49:12 06/9/04 ( 9)
- Only until you hear what you've been missing. - GTF 08:57:48 06/9/04 ( 8)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - morricab 02:01:20 06/10/04 ( 7)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - Peter Qvortrup 05:19:11 06/10/04 ( 6)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - morricab 14:05:07 06/10/04 ( 2)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - Peter Qvortrup 04:19:28 06/12/04 ( 1)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - RGA 19:51:51 06/12/04 ( 0)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - GTF 12:03:52 06/10/04 ( 2)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - Rich123 12:36:43 06/10/04 ( 1)
- Re: Only until you hear what you've been missing. - morricab 14:07:43 06/10/04 ( 0)