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In Reply to: Can conventional speakers soundstage like maggies? posted by Mike in NJ on April 14, 2007 at 21:31:24:

.. disappear and throw a wonderful sound-stage.
When a ribbon blew on my 2.5R's I had to find replacement speakers. I live in Europe and shipping the ribbons to Magnepan in the US was not an option.
I wanted European made, and narrowed selection down to 3 manufactures: Harbeth, Spendor and JM Reynaud. These 3 all do what maggies do, and then some, without having to break into a bank.
I went with JMR Offrandes. One listen, and I fell in love with their musical presence.

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Re: Yep, JMR Offrandes .... - Dawnrazor 08:17:43 04/17/07 (12)
Hey Brian,
Do said speakers really produce 6ft tall images?
- Yep, they sure do, but - Brian_T 07:57:25 04/18/07 (1)
  more importantly, they seem create a more realistic image height. After all, how many female vocalist are 6ft tall? I always found this a bit odd with my old 2.5's.
  - Re: Yep, they sure do, but - Dawnrazor 14:30:01 04/18/07 (0)
    Cool.
    I always imagined that the singers were up a bit on a stage, so it actually worked out OK.
    I just hate speakers that have 3ft vocalists, dirves me crazy, and most boxes I have heard seem to image that way.
- Re: Yep, JMR Offrandes .... - Ozzy 11:08:18 04/17/07 (9)
  > Do said speakers really produce 6ft tall images? <
  
  My Montanas do......
  
  Oz
  - Will Montanas keep their immage height - Mike in NJ 14:34:15 04/17/07 (3)
    when panned extreme left and right?
    Do they also still have the sense of scale when instruments are all the way to their side?
    That has been the problem I have been experiencing with conventional speakers. Which Montana's do you have?
    Mike
    - Re: Will Montanas keep their immage height - Ozzy 14:42:44 04/17/07 (2)
      I have owned SP2s, SPXs, and now have the EPS2s. Even the smaller Montanas have full sized images, even at the outside edges of the speakers. But imaging wise, they beat maggies with SS depth and ability to disappear.
      
      Oz
      - Re: Will Montanas keep their immage height - Dawnrazor 15:08:28 04/17/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Will Montanas keep their immage height posted by Ozzy on April 17, 2007 at 14:42:44:
        
        Are those Maggies stock?
        Except for the fact that I have mentioned on line how things are set up, I could win gobs of money from blindfolded audiophiles by asking them to point to a speaker, and betting them that they would be wrong.
        It is really hard to imagine even more depth and disappearnce than the modded maggies I have.
        But if the montanas do that, they are one hell of a speaker.
        
        Re: Will Montanas keep their immage height - Ozzy 16:25:51 04/17/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Will Montanas keep their immage height posted by Dawnrazor on April 17, 2007 at 15:08:28:
        
        For the record, I had modded 1.6s and stock 3.5s.
        
        Oz
  - Re: Yep, JMR Offrandes .... - Dawnrazor 11:35:41 04/17/07 (4)
    Yeah, I figured that some boxes do.
    I had heard a pair of Totem Mani-2s that did this. THey imaged way above their box.
    But most seem to be only a few ft. high.
    - Re: Yep, JMR Offrandes .... - Ozzy 11:57:46 04/17/07 (3)
      Yep, nothing worse in my opinion than a small speaker that sounds like a small speaker......
      
      Oz
      - Nothing?? - Dawnrazor 13:10:36 04/17/07 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Yep, JMR Offrandes .... posted by Ozzy on April 17, 2007 at 11:57:46:
        
        What if the small sounding speaker is driven by a PRO amp?? :)
        
        Re: Nothing?? - Ozzy 14:43:34 04/17/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Nothing?? posted by Dawnrazor on April 17, 2007 at 13:10:36:
        
        Ouch, that hurts.
        But I suspect that would indeed be a worse scenario......
        
        Oz
        
        Re: Okay, now you're just asking for it! - wazoo 14:14:54 04/17/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Nothing?? posted by Dawnrazor on April 17, 2007 at 13:10:36:
        
        But seriously, would anyone claim that class AB was created as an improvement to the fidelity of class A? Nope, it's all about efficiency. I suspect class H (or class D, or...) is to class AB as class AB is to class A (all about efficiency). Then again, I cannot make any statements about the relative merits of pro amps because I have NEVER heard one. I did buy a Carver M400t (all about efficiency) once and I didn't like it (one motor-boating little SOB).
        
        "Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬

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