Magneplanar MG1.7 loudspeakers. Light cloth + oak trim. Excellent, boxed

[Bamby]

Legendary speakers!
Excellent reputation and reviews
Truly great performance, totally uncoloured and spatial sound.

They have an oatmeal coloured cloth and beech/light oak side trims.

No marks - excellent condition.

Although tall they are easily placed in a room and quite unfussy about placement.

I have the boxes but would prefer pick-up, near Southampton, or arrange to meet.

£975

Thanks for looking.

Paul.

[walpurgis]

Better photos required. One poor image on its side of the actual item won't do. Thanks.

[Bamby]

That was quick !
Sorry, l can't do better pics.
I have put up thumbnails before and got away with it.
I'm afraid l don't do a hosting site and the thumbnail facility is the summit of my expertise.

[walpurgis]

Try and take a couple more decent pictures and send them to me. I'll see what I can do with them for you.

[struth]

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[Bamby]

Thank you Geoff and Grant.
Much better pics in thumbnails now (but l can't delete No2, as enlarged above).

Apologies that l can't cope with this tech stuff. But l can cue a tonearm!

[struth]

need to remove it from your album

[smithie]

ooooh
i would soooooo love these,love maggies...
are these the new type 3way quasi ribbon type? whats the difference between the mg 1.7 and the mg1.7i ?
anyway its all seriously out of my price range at the moment....unless you fancy swapping for some nice tannoy xt6f speakers:)
good luck with the sale...and have this free bump on me:D

[karma67]

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what are we supposed to be looking at in this pic?

[Lawrence001]

Better pics in the first post now.

[Sherwood]

I have these speakers in black with aluminium trim. If as advertised then this is a great price.

However, it is not true that they are easy speakers with regard to room placement. They are dipoles, so emit the same amount of energy from the rear as they do from the front. Placing them close to a rear wall kills them dead. Consider 1 meter a minimum distance, although because they are only a few inches thick, this means that they only intrude a meter into the room. Since they emit very little lateral energy they can be placed close to side walls but not less than about 40cm in my view. They sound at their best in larger rooms (say 4m by 5m plus), though I am currently running mine successfully in a spare bedroom (now a dedicated music room) which is around 3m by 4m.

The other factor to take into account is amplification. They are extremely demanding of amplification requiring both high current and stability down to 2 ohms. Forget valves, unless you can afford the likes of ARC and similar. Yes, they can sound very pleasant with a lot of amps but if you want to realise their full potential there are not that many amps that make them sing. Get the amplification right and they are startling in their speed and attack. They have one of the best mid ranges that I have heard and deliver a quality and weight of bass that their appearance would suggest is impossible. i guess their real strength is their ability to sound closer to real music than 95% of speakers I have heard, and few if any at their retail price.

Geoff

[loonytunes]

I'm interested - I'm just little low with my saving on your asking price but if you don't mind me asking - how old are these particular ones? And their dimensions please (height and width - I'm not worried about how thin they are).

[Bamby]

Hi looney,
Thanks for asking …
Can't say the age l'm afraid.
They are 166cm high, 46cm wide.
Hope that helps.

[Sherwood]

If it's any help the 1.7s were introduced in 2010 to replace the 1.6 model.

i'm sure Magnepan can give the the date of manufacture based on the serial numbers.


Geoff

[macsiemus]

I had the 1.6 version, really enjoyed them, great wide expansive sound. Swapped them for a pair of Acoustat Spectra 1100, just for a bit more bottom end.

[Bamby]

Thank you Geoff/Sherwood, that's helpful.
Cheers, Paul