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In Reply to: RE: rebuilt tympani posted by john65b on February 15, 2015 at 05:50:04
"only difference was they were spaced further from other drivers on the T-IVa", huh?,- and as you well know you could place them *anywhere* their little heart's desired!
One could never know how "perfectly" the Neo8 mod performs unless having the stock speaker in the same place and at the same time. For all I know it may destroy the 'balance' that exists in a pure Maggie, and sound dreadful. The disadvantage of a Tympani IV-A in requiring more floor space is more than overcome by being able to 'bloom' in a manner that no 20.X can, loading an entire room with glorious sound. A 20.X's sound *when* compared to the T IV-A, makes it sound more like a box speaker (not good!).
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I, for one, did not like the sound of the Mid/Tweet panel separated, and stuck in front of one of the bass panels. In all honesty, I don't know why Magnepan ever advised doing so. So having them as intended, on the side of the woofer panels, they were a good 16" to 32" away from the tweeter ribbon....this is what I mean by spaced further from other drivers compared to the MG20.1. Now to have them "cupped" as Sadie advised, would make them more acceptable...
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Perhaps Magnepan advised sticking the M/T in front of the Bass panels so as to accommodate/attract customers having smaller than optimally sized listening rooms. Other than placing Bass panels so as to reinforce their response, it's all a matter of personal preference after having listened to them in a variety of locations/positions. Listening rooms all differ as well as does every listener's hearing acuity, which goes south in time. Given the exact same environment in which I once by 'padded' the IV-A ribbons, 20+ years later I need to come up with ways to increase their response (short of being fitted with a hearing aid, whatcha say - would you kindly repeat that speaking louder and more slowly?).
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