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The New Magnepan Sub

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I was at Lyric Hi Fi today and saw an odd looking item. Two 10.5 inch woofers mounted on opposing panels connected by four stainless steel rods nearly an inch thick. The whole thing was open, except for a boxed in area at the back.
Phil Browning said it's the Magnepan SGB-01 dipole subwoofer. They had just unboxed it, but were in the process of hooking it up to a pair of 1.6/QR's. I had no idea this speaker was in the works and can't google up anything, but here's what I learned from Phil.

Dipole free air sub, 375 watts pushing aluminum drivers. Xover box looked conventional with high level and standard sub connections with variable crossover from 25-80 HZ. Rated Freq response is down to 27hz. List price seemed high at 1395.00.

The 1.6/QR's were run by a 200 watt Classe integrated and they used the high level connections. CD player was also Classe, but I don't know much about it. Though the sub was playing for the very 1st time this was easily the best sound I ever heard from the speaker pair. After a few adjustments they became a truly full range speaker and sounded dynamic in a way that reminded me of my old Carver Amazings. Without break-in, the Maggie sub sounded fast, articulate and perfectly blended with the speakers. We were all pretty impressed.

I believe my subwoofer search is at an end at last. Actual shipping, according to Phil, may be 8 weeks off. He and a few other dealers were advanced samples to generate some early orders.

Robert

Follow Ups:

RE: The New Magnepan Sub - HiOnFi 05:28:52 04/06/08 (1)
But seriously folks, if you really want to get at what your maggies can do
1. Think about changing to a balanced system- amps/pre/cd player/dac
2 Dump the OEM XO
3. Depending on your budget and system get a Behringer CX3410 or DCX2496
3a. The CX3420 has a sub out control of phase/freq/and volume!
4. Bi or triamp with digital amps like Wyred4sound/PS Audio/Bel Canto...
5. Do something to lock down the Maggies free-movement. I wrapped mine with tie-down racheted at the back (search for my thread on this). Currently using Mapleshade Cork/rubber iso underneath the stands, but have Herbies Big Fat Dots on order. THis is cheap and highly effective.
- RE: The New Magnepan Sub - Kiefer74.1 18:08:55 04/06/08 (0)
  The Mapleshade isoblocks are best under component platforms...their footers are much better under platforms for speakers.
  
  I haven't tried the Herbies, but imagine they'll do well.
  
  Regards,
  Jon
  
  -I rarely review/preview my posts so if I've misprinted something, my bad-
RE: The New Magnepan Sub - mbnx01 10:51:18 04/04/08 (1)
Magnepan is working on a subwoofer.

If this is an 'April 1st' joke then the poster is an idiot and a prick.

April fools jokes are supposed to be funny. What's funny about this?
- RE: The New Magnepan Sub - TheGoodCaptain 16:02:31 04/04/08 (0)
  Magnepan is working on a subwoofer.
  
  If this is an 'April 1st' joke then the poster is an idiot and a prick.
  
  April fools jokes are supposed to be funny. What's funny about this?> > > > > > > > > > >
  
  Your reaction has just elevated it to comic genius.
  Thanks!
  
  Robert
Very cool post - EdG 20:09:27 04/03/08 (0)
That was the best April fools post I've read this year. 99.99% believable. We've all been eagerly awaiting for anything new from Magnepan.
Ed

Edits: 04/03/08
RE: The New Magnepan Sub - splittailz 19:28:21 04/03/08 (0)
if you get your 1.6's "Gunned", ask PG for the sub bass dingus option. you wont need any Maggie dipole subs with that.
not fair to post it April 2!!!! nt - Duilawyer 17:36:31 04/03/08 (0)
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Build it, Captain. - Cory M. 05:29:30 04/03/08 (0)
That's a pretty well fabricated April 2nd Fool's Day story- so you should be able to fabricate the sub, send it to Magnepan, and get it into production!
Ah, they would probably never manufacture it since it has dynamic drivers, but you could build it and tell us what you think :-)

Cory
RE: The New Magnepan Sub - Ozzy 03:42:34 04/03/08 (0)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 17:47:26

> List price seemed high at 1395.00. <

Not high at all for that kind of performance.

Oz
The Gradient SW-D also pretty good!! (NT) - pushpulltriode 00:23:30 04/03/08 (0)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 17:47:26

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very interesting - wazoo 18:36:31 04/02/08 (0)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 17:47:26

If this really is a Magnepan subwoofer, I wonder if the chap whose post is linked below will post a retraction?

$1395 seems pretty reasonable to me - a pair of RELs set me back $2100.

"Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬
http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/MUG/messages/12/125086.html (Open in New Window)
RE: The New Magnepan Sub - gcouture@bellsouth.net 18:13:22 04/02/08 (5)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 17:47:26

This is good! Do they look anything like the glass 'coffee table' sub I have been seeing in some of their recent advertising? I don't think 1395 would be unreasonable if they are up to the task.

RE: The New Magnepan Sub - TheGoodCaptain 19:55:20 04/02/08 (4)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by gcouture@bellsouth.net on April 02, 2008 at 18:13:22

Okay...I feel bad now!

This was a day-late April fools joke.

But Magnepan should build this for us anyway!

Cheers...and sorry!

Robert

RE: The New Magnepan Sub - 5maggies 03:35:57 04/03/08 (0)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 19:55:20

Like most everything else in life, TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

FAIL.

okay, you got me - wazoo 03:29:36 04/03/08 (1)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 19:55:20

At the end of my first response, I added a BTW (it *is* April 2nd), but deleted it - should have known better. That was a good one!

"Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬

RE: okay, you got me - gcouture@bellsouth.net 09:34:06 04/03/08 (0)

In Reply to: RE: okay, you got me posted by wazoo on April 03, 2008 at 03:29:36

Yeah me too. I thought I got through this year 'unscathed' (it was the 2nd though).

RE: The New Magnepan Sub - hahax@verizon.net 20:28:12 04/02/08 (0)

In Reply to: RE: The New Magnepan Sub posted by TheGoodCaptain on April 02, 2008 at 19:55:20

I believe Celestion did years ago

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