--- In Gianni Pavan <> wrote:
Hi Gianni,
> I'm willing to know if someone in this forum has the MAGNEPAN MMG
I am a huge fan of magnepan speakers. I have had several pairs and have f=
riends who
have them. First about magnepan in general. Their biggest selling point=
is presense. I
can hear the volume of space that the music is played in. It is fabulous. =
I have never
decided to buy a peice of audio equipment so fast. People have complained a=
bout the cost
but if you want that feeling of being there, there are few speakers under $=
5000 that will
give you this kind of presense. I would *highly* recommend them as a liste=
ninng platform
for a room setting. And I highly recommend them for moving you sonically t=
o that jungle
location or putting you in the field with the elk bugling.
As far as drawbacks. To get best effect you have to be sitting in a sweet =
spot. Depending
on the model they have a fair bit of coloring (some may find the highs on t=
hem a bit
strident [not an issue with the MMGs]) but then so do most speakers. if yo=
u are addicted
to that "being there" feel they are worth it. They are power hungry and lar=
ge. But again,
they are worth it. To get good really deep bass response requires either a=
high quality
(expensive) subwoofer or the larger models.=20
I still remember listening to a pair of magnepan Timpanis about 20 years ag=
o. It was a
string quartet. They were playing on a hard woodfloor while sitting on me=
tal chairs. I
could hear when they
moved their feet and turned the pages of their music. It wasn't a dreadful=
recording, it
was live and they were right there even though they weren't. It was
impressive. Those speakers aren't made any more but wow... back to our re=
gularly
scheduled program...
As far as the MMGs specifically. I have a pair. They are baby magnepans. =
They deliver
some of the performance of the bigger maggies including impressive presense=
for their
size. If you can afford to go with some of the full size maggies do it. Yo=
u won't be sorry.=20
The MMGs are a great buy however if you can't afford the space or money for=
bigger ones.=20
I think the question you really have is which maggies to get. :-)
can you tell I like my speakers. :-)
> speakers (http://www.magnepan.com) to hear his opinion.
> I like a lot electrostatic speakers, but they are bulky and
> expensive. Magnepan speakers are isodynamic plane membranes and the
> baby model now is now offered at an attractive price.
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