In Reply to: RE: Should we send a "representative" to Magnepan? posted by Satie on October 16, 2011 at 03:00:00:
I know that they put the tweeters on the edge at least in part because the amplitude of the vibrations is lower there, it's in one of the patents. So less IM. But I'm not thinking in terms of bass, which causes IM problems even with the tweeters on the side, but rather combining mids and tweeters.
If IM were a problem, it could be minimized by using an overlapping frequency range approach. The center could even be clamped off to further reduce IM, as the midrange is in the better Maggies. Though not of course in a kapton-backed ribbon.
I guess you would lose some effective baffle size with the mid/tweet panel in the middle, wouldn't you. Never thought about that. I've assumed it wasn't done because of lobing and modulation of the ribbon tweeter.
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