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Horizontal, anyone?

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Posted on August 9, 2015 at 10:00:27
Bigjimsguitars
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I am curious if anyone has tried their panels on a horizontal plane? I would think in a wide room with narrow depth it might be outstanding.

Jim
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RE: Horizontal, anyone? , posted on August 13, 2015 at 06:33:43
Mart
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Magnepan had a vertical version once. Their 1st HT had MGSS1 surrounds. They were their 1st wall mounted Maggies. They swiveled to edge face the listener so as to project the dipole field of maximum interference. This makes for a diffuse sonic image.

FWIW, the MGSS1 was a single driver (no XO). Crossovers with phasing don't work as well at those frequencies. I haven't worked out the math as to why it happens. At this point it's merely an observation. Perhaps it's lobing.


My rears were horizontal, but like that of Maggie center channel. That was to slightly blunt pinpoint imaging in my rear channels, because I find such imaging distracting.

... just my 2¢
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RE: Horizontal, anyone? , posted on August 14, 2015 at 21:54:56
Satie
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Very happy to see you posting again.

 

RE: Horizontal, anyone? , posted on August 18, 2015 at 20:15:57
Sleep Jeep
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The owner's manual of the MC1 do have an optional placement location as horizontal. I use the MC1 as the rear channel in my surround system and tried them horizontal and didn't like the i that orientation. I found that there was too much localization of the rear channel when they were mounted horizontal. I think the MMGW can be mounted horizontal too. (again the suggested use is in rear surround channel) Coming up with a secure mounting system for the MMG's would be challenging since the frames are MDF and when screwing into MDF it has a tendency to split since it doesn't compress like wood. You should be very careful and make sure you have adequate pilot holes drilled and use wood glue on the screws. (some people suggest using non-tapered wood screws.)

 

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