Electrostatic/Planar Speakers

[Ninanina]

The poll is only a bit of 'fun' to Members; not something that would be of interest to the Office of National Statistics.

Absolutely Barry just a bit of fun

And I also don't understand how planar speakers work to be honest, but that doesn't stop me enjoying them

[Ninanina]

However I am sure if I read all there is to know on the net I could learn exactly how these things work... which I might do actually as it fascinates me how sound can come out of the strangest looking things

When I owned 57's I didn't understand those either but they were plugged into the mains and that kind of made some sense but the Maggies are not, very strange indeed...

[Sherwood]

However I am sure if I read all there is to know on the net I could learn exactly how these things work... which I might do actually as it fascinates me how sound can come out of the strangest looking things

When I owned 57's I didn't understand those either but they were plugged into the mains and that kind of made some sense but the Maggies are not, very strange indeed...

In a nutshell! http://www.magnepan.com/magneplanar_technology

Geoff

[Ninanina]

Thanks for the link Geoff...

[Ninanina]

That kind of might explain why so many people love the sound of Tannoy and similar speakers as the driver is generally of low mass. When I owned Lowthers I did experience this 'fast' response as they are probably one of the lowest mass cones available, however they did have their limitations, but I loved their sound driven by just 1.5w of SET amp at the time

[Bksabath]

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Thanks for the posts




Sandro I don't have a bridge for the tweeters on my Maggies, just lots of bridges for various amp inputs, like this:



Thanks for the offer Sandro of the Fucushima Futaba 0.47 but to be honest I have no idea what it/they are... sorry to sound so thick

As far as speaker cable is concerned I am using Naim NACA5 which is probably not the greatest cable available but it suits the Naim amp & Naim setup so well

I've not had any toons on for a few days but tonight they are on again and I am still so impressed with the Maggies and definitely one of my better purchases

On the 1.7 there is just one jumper and is marked as tweeter attenuator the speakers came supplied whit same ceramic resistors.

No need to say as Magnepan give one the possibility to tweak one must and will tweak I tried the Fucushima Futaba MPC 74 0.47 R and they did make same improvement and to me better than the supplied stock that dulled things a bit to much
Things may be different for other room's or positions / taste

[Firebottle]

I'm moving to Heteroscedasti City!

But will you always know where you live?

[Sherwood]

But will you always know where you live?

On the edge of town: an outlier as always!

[Sherwood]

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On the 1.7 there is just one jumper and is marked as tweeter attenuator the speakers came supplied whit same ceramic resistors.

No need to say as Magnepan give one the possibility to tweak one must and will tweak I tried the Fucushima Futaba MPC 74 0.47 R and they did make same improvement and to me better than the supplied stock that dulled things a bit to much
Things may be different for other room's or positions / taste

Sandro,

I also have Maggie 1.7s and have never felt the need to use any attenuation on the treble. I suspect that this is only required in the case of a very bright system or a room with highly reflective hard surfaces. However, I did replace the cheap metal bridge with a short length of speaker cable (same type as used for the speaker to amp connection). I can't say that it made a huge difference, but I think it improves clarity a "smidgeon"!

Not played around with fuses, probably because I am sceptical of any benefits.

Geoff

[Marco]

Whilst I acknowledge what statics/panel speakers do well (and in some areas outperform box speakers), they're not really my thing, mainly because, to my ears, none I've heard so far get the bass right, which is massively important for how I listen to music - and what makes the type of music I listen to most, sound real.

It's a trade-off with statics/panels (present in ALL speakers), in order to excel in certain areas, mainly the midrange. If I listened differently and didn't have such wide tastes in music, which I seek to accurately reproduce as far as possible, and I could put up with their looks, it would be a different kettle of fish

Marco.