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RE: Larger Mini Mags 10.0R or .7R?

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In Reply to: RE: Larger Mini Mags 10.0R or .7R? posted by josh358 on February 28, 2017 at 12:48:36

"It is hard to predict which compromised product would be successful and the risk and cost for being wrong is a good reason to be very careful."
Very narrow line sources from floor to ceiling exist---and they are rare and don't sell well. And the 10.x series didn't last that long with Magnepan. There was nothing wrong with the product technically. Take a look at pictures, it was narrow and very tall.
From that point of view the lowest risk option is to continue with the 0.7 external size---reduce the bass & QR midrange driver width to add in the ribbon tweet.
Use it with two DWM's or subs. I'd call it the 4.7.
This would get the upgraders from mmg/1.6/.7/1.7 for whom a 3.7 is too big. Think about it this way: if you get the domestic OK for the 0.7, then this wouldn't take another aesthetic negotiation.
I would even use it coming from my 3.6.

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RE: Larger Mini Mags 10.0R or .7R? - Green Lantern 15:55:34 02/28/17 (1)
Probably what makes the Eminent Technology LFT-8s so popular
- RE: Larger Mini Mags 10.0R or .7R? - BDP24 16:01:47 03/02/17 (0)
  Good point, GL. Why the LFT-8b isn't more widely known and owned is a mystery to me. Could be the very limited ET dealer network, and very infrequent model "upgrades", leading to few reviews.
  
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RE: Larger Mini Mags 10.0R or .7R? - josh358 15:09:25 02/28/17 (0)
Aren't those tall line sources expensive, though? Or otherwise not comparable, e.g., don't have much of a dealer network.

I looked at some pictures of the 10's and rather like the look myself. Also, I looked it up and interestingly, the 10's were the same height as the .7's, about 55", while the 10.1's were shorter. OTOH the .7 has gotten raves and with a ribbon tweeter and I gather been a success. With a ribbon and a higher XO to a DWM as you suggest it would undoubtedly sound great.

My main problem with the shorter Maggies -- the MMG's, anyway -- is that the sound seems to be coming from too low. Also, if they're tilted back, they don't image as well as if they're upright (again, based on experiments with my MMG's). And in theory anyway they're subject to vertical lobing from the floor and ceiling reflections. But as Wendell said, there have to be some compromises.

I love having the 18" mid-tweet panels from the IVA's out in the room, only 1" wider than the .7 and narrower than a 3.7, but even accounting for the fact that my room is only 13 x 14 they don't exactly disappear:

I'm trying to visualize what they'd look like at that height but only 10" wide . . .

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