Magnepan 1d

[JoeE SP9]

One of the caveats with Tympani's is that you need to sit a good distance away from them in order for the soundfield to become cohesive. 10 feet minimum is maybe OK 15 feet is better. They need a fairly good sized room to sound their best.
I'm glad to hear you like them. In another thread I mentioned that you either like the sound of panels or don't. If you do usually nothing else sounds right. For me its been panels since 1976.

[IBSTORMIN]

One of the caveats with Tympani's is that you need to sit a good distance away from them in order for the soundfield to become cohesive. 10 feet minimum is maybe OK 15 feet is better. They need a fairly good sized room to sound their best.
I'm glad to hear you like them. In another thread I mentioned that you either like the sound of panels or don't. If you do usually nothing else sounds right. For me its been panels since 1976.

I am 10 feet away, maybe I'll try more. I am going to listen to them for a few days more and then switch back to my Infinity Prelude P-FR's and see what I now think of them. Should be interesting.

Hey Blackraven! Did I do something to insult you? You stopped talking to me.

You guys do have me wondering about another amp...............Krell FBP?

[JoeE SP9]

Magnepan used to recommend and do all their demo's using Audio Research Corporation gear. Magnepan and Audio Research were very close when the Tympani series were in production. The best I've ever heard them sound was with ARC tube amps, ARC electronic crossover (they were bi-amped) and ARC SP-3 preamp.

[E-Stat]

I am 10 feet away, maybe I'll try more.

How have you configured panel placement? While its been - sheesh - thirty some years after I worked for a Maggie dealer who sold Tympanis, I seem to recall we got the best response with the tweeters inboard and the two bass panels arrayed in a bit of a "V" directed towards the listener. You have essentially several toe-in factors with these three panel models! If you have not already consulted the manual for placement considerations, I would certainly recommend doing so. They are available over at MUG here.

Ten feet should be ample for driver blending. Its the other variables you need to focus on.

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