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RE: TAS Reviews the Magnepan 20.7

The .7 series is an entirely different approach to crossovers for magnepan, which they had not done since the 80s. with 1st order XOs, the German tests show nearly no phase throughout most of the speaker's range above the mid high pass. An achievement all on its own.

I would be a believer that it is a breakthrough, but there is still the giant radiating surface of the bass panel which limits imaging precision. I wish they had the bass on a separate panel so you could time align and aim the center of the bass at the same distance as the mid and tweeter. Perhaps with the new aiming arrangement (on axis rather than face forwards) it is close enough to equidistant. It is similar to what I normally do with my Tympani/Neo8 (equidistant drivers and 1st order XO) and I find it difficult to find anything that comes close to its performance let alone betters it outside of bass extension and dynamics.

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