Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

Re: Magnepan 20.1 vs Similarly priced Box speakers.

As a former magnepan owner from way back, I think the first thing that you have to acknowledge is that they just sound "different" than box speakers.

I agree with everything below regarding placement, amp power (more is better), and dynamic limitations for things like rock music. OTOH, Magnepans do some of the best reproduction of an acoustic piano that I've heard.

I would be very leery of buying these without having heard at least one pair of Magnepans and deciding whether you like that kind of sound.

Part of the quality of the bass of the bigger Magnepans is because they are dipole radiators and load the room differently than a monopole bass radiator. However, there are a few dipole bass radiators that use conventional cone speakers; and I have not heard them. So, that's an alternative. That said, I think all dipole speakers, cone or panel, are, by nature, pretty placement sensitive.


This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Parts Connexion  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
  • Re: Magnepan 20.1 vs Similarly priced Box speakers. - Bruce from DC 06:06:46 10/20/05 (0)


You can not post to an archived thread.