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In Reply to: Re: The pro's and cons of Magnepan??? [Longish] posted by David Spear on July 28, 2002 at 03:55:25:
Do the 3.5 or 3.6 suffer from the same limited vertical dispersion problems/venetian blind effect? I know the 1.6 do and the smaller models, but I am wodering about the bigger ones.
Thanks,
Bill
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I heard the 3.6/R's at a dealer. When you stand up, the soundchanges dramatically. Night and day difference, too. It's like the music was suddenly 3-6dB quieter, and the soundstage collapsed.Chair in the sweet spot, butt in the chair == magic
deviating from the above == lost magic.
affect the sweet spot. The more powerful and transparent the amplifier the less deviation of the sound as you stand up and move around. I tried a little Cary tube integrated amp (80 watts pentode, 40 watts triode) which produced a smaller image that only sounded very good when I was sitting in a sweet spot in front of the speakers. I went back to a thirty year old 200 watt Accuphase and the sound held up as I stand up and is still very enjoyable when I am in the kitchen cooking. I have noticed with all three Magnepan models I have owned, the ability of the speaker (with the right amps) to allow one to listen at an angle, e.g., 45 degrees, and still experience a three dimensional stage that mimicked what I hear sitting at an angle watching a performance in my favorite jazz nightspots.
The amp that was driving the 3.6s in my demp was a B&K Reference 2220 ($1000 street). So it seems the maggies are very resolving of upstream components as most suggest (i.e., if the soundstaging of the amp come into play that much).
Hi, Bill -- I'm definitely no Maggie guru, but I'll take a stab at your questions. First off, I think that the problem of limited vertical dispersion isn't really a big deal for any of the Maggies. Basically, for the shorter ones, it's only audible when you stand up near them, but I personally don't listen to music standing up. Also, this "problem" may also have the benefits of reduced floor and ceiling bounce. The vertical venetian blind effect actually takes place in the horizontal plane (like venetian blinds turned 90 degrees) and refers to the phase cancellations that occur between the side-by-side panels. I think this is more of a problem and is one of the major reasons for the limited sweet spot of Maggies. Hope that this helps clarify my comments. Good listening -- Dave
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