XiaXueYi 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2010 Brief reading tells me that they seem to be (another) one of those quite renowned brand names...and are well-received. Does anyone hear own them, or have heard them before? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stargazer 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 "Maggie" their nickname! It also requires quite somehow of power to drive them well! Magneplanar as the name suggest that they are planar speakers. Some wise is very wide, very spacious except the lower region (bass) If compared to Apogee, it's pretty hard to draw the line clearly but Apogee speakers are ribbon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dragonboy Report post Posted July 1, 2010 I thought Magneplanars or "Maggies" for short are also ribbon speakers?? Although Apogees is a totally different league of its own, there are other ribbon speaker manufacturers like Martin-Logan. Yes they do give an extremely wide soudstage and they are usually not too effecient... So you might need to be more selective on your electronics. Bigger room space required might be the reason why they are not so popular in S'pore. The Maggies 3.5 that i heard at the CES was superb though... but considering the electronics they used was 2 Perreaux 750w monobloc!!! The Maggies is a wild horse to tame..... If you can tame it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stargazer 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2010 Martin Logon are Electrostatic ribbons Apogee are ribbons Maggie are planar ribbons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dragonboy Report post Posted July 3, 2010 To cut everything short, those mentioned above are not easy to tame and if require repair due to the humidity of local weather... it's unlikely to kill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonq 0 Report post Posted August 4, 2010 Brief reading tells me that they seem to be (another) one of those quite renowned brand names...and are well-received. Does anyone hear own them, or have heard them before? Thanks. I find them more forgiving than Martin Logan, but I would not use a low powered tube or a low quality solid state amp to drive them though. Preferably a solid sate with moderate power, has reasonable smoothness and great imaging. The imaging is spacious and wide but the scale can be unrealistic; a single guitar soloist sounds like the size of a piano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acoustic 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2010 Hi, Magnepan MMG and MG 1.6QR have been my only speakers since 2000. You either like them or you don't. After 10 years you can assume that I do. Most of what have been said in the previous post is correct. They are not the easiest loudspeakers to live with. Forget about impressing your friends and the WAF is not good. All MG have the same sound signature. You just get more as you get the bigger ones. That said, they do give a lot of music. You may feel that they are difficult to setup but it is mostly an illusion. Any loudspeaker needs to be setup correctly to sound optimal. I used them initially with tubes amps and the sounded great but they taxing the tubes and I got tired of replacing them every 6-7 months so I moved to solid state. The source and the preamp are at least as important if not more. Feel free to email me if you wish. Jacques Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
