The older Magnepans as you may know....had whats called there ...pole peace... the medel peace with the magnets on ... in front, mylar in back....Then Magenpan in 1991 ... turn them around....put the mylar in the front ......to my ears bad move..
BUT MMG never sounded right to me.....look at the mylars buttems....one of the speakers has 3....the other has one....I think magnepan thought the MMG sounded too good...an thay could not sale there other speakers like the1.6 -1.7 for3-4 times the money...
When Magnepan made the SMGa 1986 thay had only one butten each....one of the best
Souding speakers thay evey made....same size panels as the MMGs
But there a guy that dose mods on the MMGs an other 1.6 1.7....were turns the MMgs mylar to the back....like the older ones......Ck out peter Guns site...there to help get best sound....great wood work...killer looking speakers.....All one mans findings...good luck
Magnestand
BUT MMG never sounded right to me.....look at the mylars buttems....one of the speakers has 3....the other has one....I think magnepan thought the MMG sounded too good...an thay could not sale there other speakers like the1.6 -1.7 for3-4 times the money...
When Magnepan made the SMGa 1986 thay had only one butten each....one of the best
Souding speakers thay evey made....same size panels as the MMGs
But there a guy that dose mods on the MMGs an other 1.6 1.7....were turns the MMgs mylar to the back....like the older ones......Ck out peter Guns site...there to help get best sound....great wood work...killer looking speakers.....All one mans findings...good luck
Magnestand
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Yes being in this Audio bizz for over 40 years.....I like panel type speakers!....Maggie Guru!....NO...just owner.
But most don't!..BIG..Not as dynamic ....not ezey to drive...
Magnepan sound great for the money,that a fact!
An I have liket owning the.... Smga, Smgc,MG1c,MG2c,MG3a,MG2.5r,....Not so much.... MMg,Mg1,7...
But Vary hard too a panel lover...to not like what I call a flat, big Single Driver Speaker....even with two voice coils on it one sheet of Mylar....fits the ear like a glove....No way can a 10"12"1"3" driver in a box keep up with that flat sound wave........WEll to my ears anyway...
I never ment to say thay were not good speakers...and with Peter Guns mods ....some say there up there with the best sound ever...
All things Audio I know for sure is.....if you don't go-own you don't know!
All just one mans finding...have fun...good luck
I had looked at the peter gunn site, but the diagrams described for my SMG model were nothing like what I actually had, so I never read much further.
What I wound up with was a cap replacement of 3 X 5uf arcotronics(Kemet C27) + 1uf Russian K71-5.
This replaced the 17uf electrolytic part in a series crossover, and is very clear with no sibilance, punchy bass.
Has anyone tried flipping the mmg around to see if they play better?
What I wound up with was a cap replacement of 3 X 5uf arcotronics(Kemet C27) + 1uf Russian K71-5.
This replaced the 17uf electrolytic part in a series crossover, and is very clear with no sibilance, punchy bass.
Has anyone tried flipping the mmg around to see if they play better?
Mr Gun puts..His,that he came up with.. series crossover...in all his MMG, 12,1.6-1.7 mods.....then he flipping them around.......
He did the series cross over ... years before Magnepan went back to series type crossover.thay now.use in all there new speakers ...But the mmg!
Email him he well help you with the crossover...an parts years of his work have been the best sounding....hes a great, helpful man....
He did the series cross over ... years before Magnepan went back to series type crossover.thay now.use in all there new speakers ...But the mmg!
Email him he well help you with the crossover...an parts years of his work have been the best sounding....hes a great, helpful man....
Well, you've selected the wrong speakers then.
Even the magical "Peter Gunn" crossover modification recommended here doesn't move the crossover out of the midrange.
Dave.
Right Dave. Using exotics parts change sound in your brain in my experience but not the real sound. The cross over still going to be right in the middle of Midrange frequency. They are revealing and accurate speakers. Not forgiving to bad recordings. All these goes against what I have in my collection.
Help me out here....what $600 pr of speaker do you own that don't have a
Crossover in the Midrang frequency.....an are revealing and accurate speakers, an are forgiving to bad recordings?
well,you read me wrong! revealing can not be forgiving to bad recordings, right? What I said was MMG are very revealing,so I cant use my collection with them.At the same point they are not the best in midrange.FF125WK seems better to me for midrange.
Most FR speakers can be crossed over away from mid band. I know big maggies are better from hearing them before. But need big room too. Everything is a trade off.
Most FR speakers can be crossed over away from mid band. I know big maggies are better from hearing them before. But need big room too. Everything is a trade off.
The crossover in the SMG's is broad, series, and (partially) mechanical.
Also, I'm not sure what type of issues might have been incurred with your "rebuild" job. That might be a variable as well.
If they sound f--ked up, then I'd say there is something wrong with them.
Regardless, these are entry-level Magnepan's and if you were expecting Apogee-killers, you'd most likely be disappointed.
Dave.
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