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Magnepan, Best midrange?

Other than Horns of course.
A few days ago on another audio forum, someone mentioned *why don't you ck out Magnepan??**
I wrote back, seems magnepan is OOB.
He was a  bit upset at my lack on reserach.
SEems Magnepan is still alive and well.
In fact there may bea  back log for the LRS 
Like months back order
Man , not sure why NO ONE here mentioned magnepan's???
Could this be the speaker I've been searching for some 20 years now??
Sure sensitivity is wayyy off my 92db sens limit. 
@ a  miserable 86db sens
However, conisdering the panel is 10x's the size of dual W18's + a  6.5 DavidLouis Full Range + a    Seas Cresendo, all added up, still is less voicing surafce area vs a the Manepan.

I'll run the W18's as bass, If I need extended highs, I'll add a  pair of Cresendos.
WOW and under 
$1G
Alott less, like $650!!!!!!!
Good thing here is, I have a  Defy7, power to spare for magnepan's demanding current draw.
Here is a  YT vid showing how you can modify the magnepan,, I;'ve not watched it yet, will do so today.
This Hifi Guy is the best hifi geek on Youtube.
He knows his stuff and has experiemented in countless speaker designs.
He's da man.
I can 't wait to get my LRS.

And gets even better, Made in the USA,, UNREAL.
If the LRS performs as hoped.
I will make a  long series of Youtube  videos, putting this speaker on the map,  promoting the Maggie as The Worlds Finest speaker.

Ck out all YT reviews of the Magnepan.
Every review gives 2 big thumbs up, 
Try to   that on any speaker on the market. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KzmktPjk5o&t=535s
mozartfan
fynnegan
114 posts
 
Listening to classical choral music with Maggies is unbelievably beautiful and that music is all about midrange. 
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mijostyn
8,570 posts
 
@douglas_schroeder , When you listen to speakers "in your own room" you are in effect listening to "your room."  The Aspen Acoustics speakers are overwhelmed by their tweeters. The tweeter is line source but everything else is point source. They radiate differently line sources projecting much better. As you move away from the speakers they get brighter. This creates a sound signature that many audiophiles love. I had a friend way back in Miami who stuck these huge RTR electrostatic tweeters on top of a box speaker (can't remember which one) and he kept them turned way up. He thought it sounded great. I couldn't keep my eyes from crossing. 
I have not listened to the Kings, do not know them at all. But I do know ESLs intimately otherwise having lived and worked on them for decades.
They can be so neutral they become boring for people who have not been able to take advantage of them to the fullest. It is always a bad idea to change horses in the middle of the stream. Line sources and point sources have such disparate radiation patterns and projection that it is always a bad idea to go from one to the other, particularly in the middle of the audio range. If the Little Sound Labs have one big problem this is it. They switch from line source to point source behavior at about 350 Hz. 
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hartf36
206 posts
 
Like so many things Maggie, the "difficulty" of sub integration is WAY overblown.

Agreed.
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mijostyn
8,570 posts
 
hartf36, it is and it is not. Subs are easy to integrate if you have the tools and know what you are doing. Otherwise, it is virtually impossible. For most a matter of luck more than anything. Most are not even trying. They are using a low pass filter only on the subs and not a two way crossover which is mandatory if you want to get it right.
gratefuleric
112 posts
 
You write like a 10yr old, your post is barely comprehensible and so full of grammatical errors that it's hard to take you seriously
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