THE MAGNEPAN DIFFERENCE
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FLOOR STANDING
Free standing speaker systems like the award winning LRS and the category-defining 30.7
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ON-WALL
Magnepan speakers in a smaller package.
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CENTER CHANNEL
These center channel speaker blend beautifully with your Magnepan speakers.
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HEAR WHAT THE CRITICS HAVE TO SAY:
“A slam-dunk winner of TAS’ Budget Loudspeaker of the Year Award for 2020—or for any year”
The Absolute Sound magazine, January 2021.
“Best Sound (for the money): Unquestionably the Maggie .7"
Alan Taffel, The Absolute Sound, April 2015
What you'll get
For $150CAD a year, you'll get:
- A business profile
- Dealer listings and icon
- 5 posts per day
- 20 posts per month
- 120 posts per year
- Used, discounted, and sale items only
- 30 albums per classified
- 50 albums per day
- 240 albums per month
- 600 albums per year
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For $250CAD a year, you'll get:
- A business profile
- Dealer listings and icon
- 5 posts per day
- 20 posts per month
- 120 posts per year
- 5 active eShop listings
- 30 albums per classified
- 50 albums per day
- 240 albums per month
- 600 albums per year
- See more
For $450CAD a year, you'll get:
- A business profile
- Dealer listings and icon
- 10 posts per day
- 45 posts per month
- 300 posts per year
- 20 active eShop listings
- 30 albums per classified
- 100 albums per day
- 400 albums per month
- 2500 albums per year
- See more
For $1350CAD a year, you'll get:
- A business profile
- Dealer listings and icon
- 20 posts per day
- 125 posts per month
- 900 posts per year
- 50 active eShop listings
- 30 albums per classified
- 100 albums per day
- 400 albums per month
- 4000 albums per year
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1.6's are awesome speakers. When setup properly they are one of the best deals in all of audio. Going rate seems to be more like 800, so see if you can get him down a bit. You can get used 1.7's for around 1500, so 750-800 would be a good deal for 1.6's
Make sure to test them. Listen for any types of distortion or buzzing
They need a real amp. Not an AVR. A real dedicated power amp that likes low-ohm loads. Look for an amp that has minimum 150wpc at 8 ohms and doubles to 300+ at 4 ohms. This doesn't have to be expensive, you could find an older Adcom, Parasound, Rotel etc for less than 500
They also need room to breath. Minimum 3 ft to both sides and to the back, but 6 ft would be a lot better
Or I'll sell you a pair of mint 1.7's if you want the newer model ;)
Magnepan Magneplanar MG 1.6 Floorstanding Speakers
[Feb 08, 2011] Lars Stromberg Audio Enthusiast The best I can say is that I haven't ever kept any speakers as long as these. |
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[Jan 13, 2011] markeneret AudioPhile Excellent bang-for-the buck. The Maggie 1.6 keeps on revealing more and more music with every improvement I make in my room acoustics / electronics etc. It's strengths are in 3D imaging, instrument seperation, detail in the mids/highs. I have yet to find an improvement in my audio system that the Maggies can't reveal. The caveat ? The bad
recordings sound bad, the great recordings sound awesome ! For under $ 2000 they are amazing. |
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[Sep 21, 2009] Jas Carpender Audio Enthusiast I've always enjoyed good music. Built my share of Knight, Heathkit and Dynaco rigs back in college. Had EPI's and JBL l-88's for speakers. Now that I'm in my fifties and retired, I have spent many thousands in the past four years trying to build my ultimate system. With no direction except the desire to get a tube system, here goes
a sad list of equipment I've purchased on ebay. Started with 4 Allied Knight monoblock tube poweramps, 2 Dyna Pam's and (count em) 4 sets of JBL L-100's (mint or near mint) 800 -1k per pair. I then moved up to Audio Research. (AR factory is less than 25 miles away). 2 - 300 w monoblocks, AR CD-2 c.d. player, AR SP9-II preamp. I purchased some of this equipment from AR's head engineer's personal collection. Even got 2 pair |
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[Nov 12, 2008] RO106666 AudioPhile Weakness: a good sub would finish them off The first time I listened to the Magnepan line I was talked into the 3.6's as the dealer offered me a great deal on them and at that time I thought the more you spent the better. I liked the sound of the 1.6 over the 3.6's the very first time I heard them. Dumb me got talked into the 3.6's and ended up selling them 4 months later.This was the beginning of a VERY EXSPENSIVE LESSON! In the end I ended up spending up to $20,000 for speakers (Revel Salons alot of money)and over $70,000 in my system. I spent so much money on my system all I did was worry about was that EVERYTHING had to be PERFECT! Ended up worried about the system than enjoying the music. Lost my job and sold it all. Then I decided when I got a new system I would build it the way I liked it and tried to build it in ind of "Best Bang for the Buck" system I could come up with. So I bought the 1.6's some what wondering how they would handle ALL types of music. WOW, was I surprised! They are the tallest speakers I have owned and reminded me of the HUGE Soundstage that the Wilson Grandslams presented ( not as nice as the Slams, but not $80,000 either). Jazz and the Blues just knocked my socks off and they sound very good on all music. Seperation and Soundstage is great and the upper bass is excellent. I will probably add a sub to finish them off Im not sure which way to go as i have always had full range speakers and have never used a sub.They seem to love power but theres nothing wrong with that. Folks talk alot about placement of these and I am lucky enough to have a large room so that has not been a problem. i have heard them 12 in. from the wall and did not find the unbearable. i could set here and throw all the fancy terms around but thats a waste so I would recommend that you listen to them. I would put them in the top 10 in speakers under $2,000. Customer Service Speaker did have some distortion in the lower bass but I will be fixing them using "Peter Gunns" recommedations. Bad Glue, easy fix! Similar Products Used: PSB Stratus Golds |
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[Feb 24, 2008] Burt Rochette Audio Enthusiast Strength: Great musical delivery, as you get closer to them the music seems to be bouncing off the walls and it real is bouncing off the walls. Outstanding soundstage performance. Light weight and easy to position which makes speaker positioning an easy task. But you need to spend time adjusting these speakers for positioning and when you do you will be amazed that much more! I do not have a Home Theatre system and run my DVD movies through my 2 channel system and yet the Maggies are really impressive. No need to run out and get an HT system save your money! Best speaker money can buy and best sound money can buy! Weakness: Thie Size of them might make your better half relocate the stereo system in another room! Otherwise there is absolutely nothing weak about these speakers! Recently gave my friend my 1979 Dahlquist DQ10's after many great years of listening pleasures. I went out and auditioned the Maggies 1.6QR in December 2007 for about 2 hours and I was sold right away and bought a pair that same month. Eventhough the Macintosh system the store was using for the Magnepan's 1.6 did not dazzle me that much the speakers certainly did. After many months of auditioning speakers of so many different
makes and going by customer reviews I was sold almost without listening to them first! My system is Canadian made 2 channel Bryston 3BST and preamp BP20. These maggies certainly need around 200 watts per channel at 4 ohms which the Bryston amp delivers without any effort. Tube amps do not have enough humph to get the job done. Tube preamp however is another question and for this reviewer a future purchase. Customer Service Magnepan HQ great to work with and very informative! Their $550.00 deal is perfect for the receiver owner and ideal start. Similar Products Used: Dahlquist DQ10 |
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[Jan 03, 2008] Ross Evans AudioPhile The Magnepan need lots of power and careful selection of front ends as every other loudspeakers do. |
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[Dec 31, 2007] popetucson Audio Enthusiast Strength: IMAGING, HIGH END, MID BAND, MID BASS, AS LIFELIKE AS ANY $5000.00 SPEAKER I HAVE EVER HEARD. Weakness: IF YOU HAVE TO PLACE THEM CLOSER THAN 3 FEET FROM THE BACK WALL YOU WILL NEED RWA'S ( REAR WAVE ATTENUATORS) THEY COVER THE BACK OF THE TWEETER TO REDUCE THE HARSHNESS OF THE SOUND BUT STILL LET THE BACK PLATE RADIATE FOR THE OPENNESS OF THE MUSIC. YOU CAN GET RWA'S ON EBAY. I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SIMPLE, IF YOU HAVE ENUOGH POWER ( 200 WATTS RMS AT 8 OMHS) ANY KIND OF EAR FOR MUSIC, AND $1800.00 YOU CAN HARDLY GO WRONG WITH THIS SPEAKER. I ALSO HAVE THE MMG'S AND THE DIFFERENCE IS STRIKING!! IF SOMEONE SAYS THIS IS THE WORST SPEAKER THEY HAVE EVER HEARD, THEY PROBABLY LISTEN TO A BOOM BOX!!!!!!!! Similar Products Used: MAGNEPAN MMG, NHT, DEF TECH, B&G, POLK, INFINITY, ECT |
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[Dec 31, 2007] TERRY Audio Enthusiast Strength: IMAGE, HIGH END, MID BAND, MID BASS. AS LIFELIKE AS ANY $5000.00 DOLLAR SPEAKER I HAVE HEARD. Weakness: IF YOU CAN NOT GET THEM AT LEAST 3 FEET OFF OF THE BACK WALL USE RWA'S ( REAR WAVE ATTENUATERS) THEY BLOCK THE BACK TWEETER BUT STILL ALLOW BACK RADIATION WITHOUT THE HARSHNESS. YOU CAN FIND RWA'S ON EBAY. I;LL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SIMPLE, IF YOU HAVE THE POWER AND ANY KIND OF EAR FOR MUSIC AND $1800.00 YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG WITH THIS SPEAKER. I ALSO HAVE THE MMG'S, THE DIFFERENCE IS MAJOR. Similar Products Used: MAGNEPAN MMG, DEF TECH, NHT, B&G, POLK, INFINITY, ECT |
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[Oct 27, 2007] niclas AudioPhile Strength: looks quite stylish This product is not as good as reviews says. It is not worth the money, I would say it is not even worth the trouble getting them for free. Can´t listen to them, gives me a headache. Why? They are coloured. Sounds shouty and not real-like. Peaky midrange,
glassy character, bass is really bad, worse than the original Quad ESLs. Auditioned them with Krell Evolution and Audio reseach CD, Nordost cables. Similar Products Used: Quad ESL 57, 63, Beveridge 2, 2SW |
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[Jul 24, 2007] Ken AudioPhile Strength: Coherence top to bottom Weakness: Should bi wire Purchased new two weeks ago..these speakers are a screaming bargain. I sold my Odyssey Martin Logans thinking I would buy ML Vantages Summits or Quads, Customer Service Magnepan improperly shipped my first pair of mmgs...second pair was shipped in a reinforced box. My 1.6QRs were shipped in a well reinforced box. Similar Products Used: Quad |
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