• RE: I tried the 1.7s with my Marsh A400 amp and - David Yost 18:11:53 09/01/10 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: I tried the 1.7s with my Marsh A400 amp and posted by josh358 on September 01, 2010 at 14:27:21

  I didn't realize it was a multi-way loudspeaker. Hasn't it been advertised (or at least described in the press) as a "full range ribbon?"
  
  If it is a multi-way planar magnetic, what distinguishes it from the rest of the quasi-ribbon Magnepan speakers?
  

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  • RE: I tried the 1.7s with my Marsh A400 amp and - josh358 18:35:59 09/01/10 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: I tried the 1.7s with my Marsh A400 amp and posted by David Yost on September 01, 2010 at 18:11:53

    The earlier Maggie quasi ribbon models have quasi ribbon (aluminum ribbons on mylar) tweeters and planar magnetic (wire on mylar) bass. Or sometimes true ribbon tweeters, quasi ribbon midrange, and planar magnetic bass. Whereas the 1.7's are the first Magnepan that uses quasi ribbon technology in every frequency range -- woofer, tweeter, and supertweeter.
    
    They really should be called full range quasi ribbons, to distinguish them from the true ribbons (aluminum conductor with no mylar backing) as in the tweeters of the 3.6 and 20.1, but I guess the distinction is too unwieldly so it tends to get left out.
    

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    • RE: I tried the 1.7s with my Marsh A400 amp and - David Yost 06:49:02 09/02/10 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: I tried the 1.7s with my Marsh A400 amp and posted by josh358 on September 01, 2010 at 18:35:59

      Thanks for the explanation.
      
      

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