Thiel Owners

In my continuing flirting with other speakers apart from my beloved 2.4s, I heard the Magnepan 20.7's yesterday run with Vandersteen crossovers (the ones that come with the 7s) and two Vandersteen subs.  Impressive but on most music I preferred the sound of the Magnepans by themselves without the subs.  Time and phase coherent first order crossovers all the way around.

Cross-overs alone don’t make for a time and phase coherent loudspeaker.

Actually the Magnepan although physically composed of just one panel, it is not technically a single driver in term of phase response.  Different parts of the panel will not move in complete synchronization therefore certain part of the panel will have different phase vs. some other part.  

Also out of curiosity, why would you need a cross over for the Magnepan?  Isn't it just a single panel?

The larger Maggie’s have multiple drivers, the largest Maggie’s have multiple panels.

pwhinson
Thank You for the update. Keep auditioning speakers and reporting your findings.

Happy Listening!