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RE: Harsh vocals in Magnepan 3.7i

Thanks for the facts Roger, I stand corrected. I don't remember where I got the mistaken notion of the construction of the LFT driver. I definitely remember being impressed by the description of a layer of conductive film being "vapor deposited" onto the Mylar. And, that the conductive traces visible on the Mylar are the result of that layer of conductive film being "etched away" everywhere except where the traces are desired. Those traces, which visibly resemble the traces on a circuit board, do the same job as do the wires glued onto the Mylar in the magnetic-planar drivers used in Maggies. Those gauge of those wires, with their respective mass, varies according to which Maggie model they are found in, but even if they are not all of greater mass than the ET conductive traces, I find the ET traces to be a more attractive technology than the Magnepan wires. No delamination, if for no other reason.

ET's Bruce Thigpen, it is said, is very respectful of Jim Winey and his Magneplanar design, and goes out of his way to not tout the superior of his LFT design to that of the Maggies. While respectful of Winey's design, Thigpen considers the conductive film a better method of moving the driver Mylar than wires, and I agree, whether or not the film is of lower mass than the wires. At the end of the day, it's the sound that matters, so whether Magneplanar or Eminent Technology, all hail magnetic-planar loudspeakers!

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