Ok, cancel the last rave. I just got the call. The 3.7's have landed!! I should have them today or tomorrow. Whew. |
Mrschret,
I was told 2-3 weeks was the wait when I ordered mine. I heard back right away that they were out of dark cherry, and that they expected a new shipment within a week. There were no surprises, and the dealer made sure and let me know when Magnepan got the new shipment. The dark cherry arrived on schedule, and the speakers went into production immediately. They shipped on the promised date. I had an update on the status at least once a week.
I agree that you are due a customer satisfaction adjustment. I would guess someone at the dealer or Magnepan dropped the ball on getting your order into the system.
Your sales person really should have stayed on top of this. I get tired of hearing brick and mortar shops whine when they fail to provide reasonable customer service.
The upside is that these are just wonderful speakers. I think you will be pleased once you have them. |
Mrschret,
Excellent! When you get them set up, leave the room for the first two hours. Mine sounded pretty bad right out of the box, but sounded respectable after two hours and much better after 6. They continue to improve, but I'm guessing the bass panels need a lot more time. Enjoy! |
My 3.7 s now have a few hundred hours and the bass panel is kicking in with a lot more force and presence. |
Ordering 3.7's Monday,trading 1.7's. I have auditioned 20.1's they are great but too large for my listening room and not in my budget. I also heard rumor that the 20.7 will be out shortly. |
the 20.7's are coming. the 3.7's are way more cohesive than the 20.1's. |
20.7 is now official:
http://www.avguide.com/blog/first-listen-magnepan-s-new-flagship-207-loudspeaker |
Assuming a 'shoe-box' shape, What is the smallest room dimensions in which the 20.1's and 3.7's will work well? |
Stickman,
I have 3.7's in a room that is 15.5' x 19.' The speakers are along the short wall, about 6' out from the front wall. Tweeters to the inside. What is surprising to me is that the 3.7's integrate with the room much better than the 1.6's did. I'm actually considering removing some of my room treatments. Because of the size of the speakers, I can't get more than 48" from inside edge to inside edge. My guess is that 15' is likely to be close to the minimum width for the 3.7's. I have no experience with the 20.1's |
15' sounds like a solid estimate on the minimum width. Does it make sense that the 20's would require greater room space than the 3's since they are so much larger? Maybe some of our 20.1 owners can comment. |
15' is fine povided you place the tweeters inside. My 3.5s performed well in my listening room with about the same width. Currently, I have the 20.1 in the same room without any problems. |
I have a 20X15X9' room. Back wall opens to entrance hall of house via 8 foot wide portal so room may be "bigger" in that sense.
MG20's work well I find.
I prefer tweeters on outside and have good central imaging with msuicians hanging in space (not attached to speakers). Depending on recording I can hear sounds lateral (ie "outside") the speakers.
Speakers generally "disappear". |
Anyone can recommend an ideal sub for the 3.7 as I'm used to the Wilson Audio Puppy bass. Very low and dynamic and how do I connect it to my Goldmund Telos 3.9? Like the speaker but really need a sub to go down to 20hz. |
Do you think a room with 12ft wide suitable for 3.7 |
20.7 is now available. Anyone heard it? |
"Available" but not sure a dealer actually has these yet... Aynone know of an actual Magnepan dealer that has a set of 20.7's? |
Called Magnepan today and asked when 20.7's would most likely hit showroom floors; answer, approx. one more month... |
I heard 20.7s werent dropping til june. |
Houston Reef, you can do it, but it will be tight. You'll probably want to run them tweeters out to keep the bass panels off the wall. Figure you'll want the tweeters about 8' apart and the speakers should be 2' from the side walls, you have just enough room to do that tweeters out. The only real risk here is that a small room can boost the bass. Then you'd have to EQ it back down. |
The integration of the tweeter and the speed of the panels of the 3.7 are better to my ears than the 20.1, although still one of the best out there.
Mr Diller confirmed last week that 20.7s are shipping and that the mid range panel is superior to the midrange panel used in the 3.7. This is why J. Valin's review indicated the 20.7's superior transparency. Because of cost, it is not possible to install a similar midrange panel and keep the same cost for the 3.7. Mr Diller also indicated that the 20.7 is more efficient than my current 1.7s so my current 300/ch amp will be just fine with 20.7s. |
Thanks for the update Kenklien1! |
