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RE: A prejudice against the Magneplanars?

Posted by thebordas on September 23, 2010 at 04:11:37

In Reply to: RE: A prejudice against the Magneplanars? posted by morricab on September 23, 2010 at 02:31:46:

Sorry for the vulgarity. No excuse really, except for one of frustration over your tendency to "excuse" magnepan from the conversation all too readily. My virulence, if you will, is directed toward the notion that magnepan speakers are a lesser offering in the world of so called "High End" transducers. Comparisons to speakers no longer in production or that require a significantly higher price of admission sould be considered outside the domain of relevance here. I'd rather deal with actuality as opposed to the "what could be". My focus is on what the average audiophile can obtain and use effectively at home. You obviously seem to have a substantial amount of experience with regards to planar speakers. Which one(s) in current production that are readily available would you say compete well with the 3.6R for example? For $5K I am not aware of any serious competition....perhaps there is however. My experience is a practical one and based on ownership only, most of which has been with expensive dynamic speakers. Other than my previous Model 1's so many moons ago, I have owned Dunlavy SC-V's, Wilson W/P 6&7 models, B&W 801N, ML Odyssey's, Totem Wind and Forest speakers, Dynaudio C4's and several other budget brands. Of course I have salivated over many other designs at my local dealer, "Overture Audio" in Delaware, USA. My point is that for sheer musical enjoyment, a better speaker is hard to find at each of magnepan's respective price points. Also, I have definately favored more simplified reproduction chains in recent years and admire a speaker that can sound good without making Herculean efforts to accomodate inherent problems with their design(s). Maggies and "Myth" go hand in hand it seems, and I get extremely upset with individuals who can not seem to grasp basic concepts relevant to proper usage. Anyway, I am interested in what you might have to offer that is directly equatable to the current Maggie lineup. As an aside, I must admit my extreme prejudice relating to discussions of components in the absence of definitive "system" environments and ancillaries...and of course cost.

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