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In Reply to: RE: Magnepan 3.7i upgrade posted by Norman M on June 28, 2015 at 09:01:36
It is not that costly. Redoing the mids should be about $800, the ribbbons were $200 for repairing the pair and the bass panels depends on what they need to do - i.e. how extensive the delam is, whether there is a break in the wire and whether the mylar is damaged. resocking is not a big deal. Shipping with the right carrier can be affordable.
A complete refurb of the drivers and socks should be under $2000 unless there is structural damage to the frames or the mylar needs to be replaced.
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Everything about those speakers is a big deal for me. Long ago I tried to see if I was able to lift a T/M panel, to eventually place them horizontal on a large table in an adjacent room for an attempt to replace the ribbons (and only because an individual at Magnepan suggested it should be done every 7 years, (I suppose based on average use). Literally speaking, I was unable to get that project off the ground. I think I must have the best condition and cared for TIV-As in the world. No banana peel, lifted wire or other issues of any kind. I have played them pretty loud, but for no more than a couple of minutes, just to test them out. It's been a least 15 years since I really listened to them playing loudly, and always driven by my three Brystons, (and never any Telarc 1812 canons).
If I ever needed to ship them to Magnepan for any reason, I'd have to hire a moving man to do it; putting them into their original boxes (which I still have) then taping them up, then down into the basement for pick-up in the drive way. In my relative youth, I was able to do that when I needed Tympani 1Cs refurbished and once again after selling them.
However I notice that 1Cs weigh 160 pounds whereas the IV-As are 260 pounds. (If I ever attempted to ship them off on my own, I'd need to have my 170 lbs shipped to the nearest hospital.)
Understand where you are, was smashed up on the highway a decade ago and still can't do many things that were effortless before. I sent my bass panels to magnepan when they went wrong. I do play my favorite Russian romantics and even Beethoven as if they were 1812...Which I also play.
For the mid work you can probably take the panels out from the back and send them separately while keeping the speakers upright. But that is a lot of trouble and a bit of money for what is not going to be a night and day difference (like using a line of BG Neo8 or Dayton AMTPRO-4 for your mids - though at double the cost of the foil project at magnepan)
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