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In Reply to: Second Opinion posted by Peter Gunn on March 9, 2007 at 11:41:26:
Room size dictated smaller Maggies for me and I'm finding it difficult enough to give a pair of MMGs room enough to sing. The room that can be given to a pair of speakers (especially, I suppose, planars) must be factored into the choice of which model to select. One could do a heck of a lot worse than a pair of MMGs and they can be tweaked into something quite splendid!Now Mr Gunn, one of you statements really intrigues me. That would be the one about a pair of tweeters costing a couple hundred dollars. Will Magnepan sell me drivers if I request them? I ask because the raw drivers are ALL I really want to keep in my next upgrade project, but if I could buy new drivers...oh, the possibilities!
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I'm not sure Magnepan will sell you ribbons outright. They will sell them for $100 each if you send back an original (damaged) pair of ribbons to them in exchange. (They rebuild them). I would contact Magnepan to verify if they sell ribbons outright if I understand you correctly.
steve
That's the idea that suddenly hit me. I'm sure I'm crazy, but the thought of adding a true ribbon tweeter to a smaller Maggie (using the MMG drivers for bass/midrange in a 3-way design) captured my fancy. Such an implementation is bound to be loaded with complications, and 3-way passive crossovers are an order of magnitude uglier than 2-way, but I don't see why such a thing *couldn't* be done. Of course, if Magnepan requires the return of the defective ribbon, then I may as well forget it.BTW I'm about to embark on the construction of hardwood frames to replace the MDF (I was thinking about it *before* seeing PG's, but after seeing how beautiful his are, I'm all the more motivated), and integrating another driver shouldn't be that much of a challenge - at least that's what I think right now as I'm merely conceptualizing!
You're not talking about tweeter wires for your mmg's, you mean a ribbon driver like on the III's we're discussing? Or the main mylar driver?If you mean the ribbons yes they do (or did) sell them, although they make sure you are competent to install them and telling you doing so yourself may void any warranty they might have come with them, but I'm not sure about all that as magnepans policies tend to change on whims from day to day.
I knew a few people who did install new ribbon tweeters in their speakers, but all cases were some time ago and some got read the riot act by magnepan and some didn't.
If you mean the mylar driver, they either won't sell that alone or they charge so much you may as well buy the speaker as I recall.
I'd like new, complete MMG drivers AND a set of ribbons.
That's what I'd want - the whole ribbon tweeter assembly. It might be a totally insane idea, but I was suddenly taken with the thought of merging a ribbon tweeter with the MMG drivers in a 3-way design. I'm sure such an idea is loaded with complications, but I couldn't stop fantasizing about having true ribbons in a speaker that fits into my space - just don't have room for the larger Maggies.I can't imagine adding the ribbons would make the construction of new hardwood frames that much more challenging, but things are just in the conceptual phase right now. My opinion might change when I actually start trying to construct them. I hope you realize the revolution your gorgeous hardwood framed SMGa speakers are about to ignite!
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