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Re: The Most Musical Magnepans ???

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In Reply to: Re: The Most Musical Magnepans ??? posted by 16hz lover on October 7, 2006 at 15:08:45:

Mmmm ... from the "Specs" page, the IVa is a similar age to my IIIa with, I suspect the same ribbon and mid-range but twice the area of bass panel! Wow!! :-))
You have 3 panels a side, don't you? How are the drivers arranged within these 3 panels?
Regards,
Andy

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Re: The Most Musical Magnepans ??? - "Pitbull" 14:38:37 10/09/06 (2)
I too have a pair of Tympani IVa's, that have been highly modded including the crossovers, binding posts, etc. I previously owned a pair of Tympani IV's.
The driver arrangement is ribbon tweeter and midrange in one panel, with the two bass panels are hinged together. It has the best bass I have ever heard from a planer speaker. As far as bass goes, size does matter, and the Tympani series has the surface area needed to produce it.
These are the best sounding Maggies I have ever heard, and in some areas beat big speakers like the Wilson MAXX 2 hands down.
- Re: The Most Musical Magnepans ??? - 16hz lover 20:14:08 10/11/06 (0)
  Pitbull: I see where you do not accept emails. Can you contact me at martylemons@yahoo.com on your modifications to your IVa's?
  Thanks,
  Marty
- Re: The Most Musical Magnepans ??? - andyr 15:02:22 10/09/06 (0)
  Hi pitbull,
  Thanks for your post - I'm envious (although I think if I bought some home, my long-suffering wife would probably divorce me! :-(( ).
  I'd certainly love to hear some but I suspect there ain't a pair anywhere in Oz! So d'ya think they would best 20.1s?
  Please tell me what you did to modify your xovers (best to email me direct). From my work with my own IIIAs, I suspect it would be possible to considerably flatten the overall frequency response of your IVAs to good effect (using lspCAD) and I could help you with this, if you're interested.
  Regards,
  Andy

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