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In Reply to: RE: having lived in a condo posted by Green Lantern on October 01, 2023 at 08:06:19
The term condo (condominium) is a type of ownership, not an architectural style category. Very unfortunate name choice by Magnepan in my opinion.
A condo can be a duplex, townhouse, apartment unit, or single family detached house. It can be most any size.
But maybe I'm the only one bothered by their choice. ;^)
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And, of course, the speaker can be used in a house of any sort and size...
Hey josh,
I thought the design intent was to work well in smaller living spaces, such as a typical urban apartment with maybe 3-4 rooms. Not true?
But then to substitute Apartment for Condo, resulting in ASS, might not go over well either.
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made." Groucho
Good question!
I'd say that it was primarily designed as the proverbial spouse-friendly Maggie, for the customers who say "I'd love to buy 20.7's but my spouse won't permit something that big in the living room, so I'm going to get the LRS+ instead." :-)
They did a lot of research about what spouses find acceptable -- consulted an interior director, held focus groups. And that was factor #1.
Factor #2 was that Wendell decreed that any design had to fit in his convenience apartment. :-) A lot of the early development and experiments took place there. So Wendell hit up on the 30.7 for Condos marketing idea.
It's true as well that we really didn't know how capable it would be. The woofers are designed to be small -- unobtrusive, easy to conceal -- and that necessarily limits their output. However, the custom woofers proved to be extremely capable, and even the less capable off-the-shelf woofers used in the focus group demonstrations were able to fill a large room with satisfying bass. I think it's safe to say that they're comparable to the large panels in output.
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