Soundhounds picks up Magnepan and Diamond B&W's

[RGA]

Magnepan is fairly priced -- Looking around at what you could spend $2,400.00CAD on in a speaker you'd be crazy not to give the Maggies a try if at all possible given their size, amp, and WAF demands if those are all passable to a person then this speaker is right at or very near the head of the pack. I have heard ML's entry stat that is nearly double and you'd have a tough time convincing me they're any better.

I didn't think the 1.6 is perfect but I would have no problem with people claiming it the best speaker for that price range -- it offers a helluva lot of the goods for sane money. The B&W model nautilus (the snail) is one helluva statment product and sounds the business -- the D802 might too when I go and re-listen.

Despite my quibbles with the 1.6 it is the same price as the 705 --- it is utterly, to me, not even in the same league as the Magnepan

[Florian]

I think it would be cool for B&W to take some models out of their program since they are to similar. For Magnepan i wish that they would add a model between the 1.6 and 3.6 since the difference in sound is very large and also on the pocket book.

-Flo

[Geoffcin]

I think it would be cool for B&W to take some models out of their program since they are to similar. For Magnepan i wish that they would add a model between the 1.6 and 3.6 since the difference in sound is very large and also on the pocket book.

-Flo

But the 2.X r (ribbon tweeter) series sounded too incongruous to be viable, especially when they developed the quasi-ribbon tweeter-midrange. Actually I think the quasi-ribbon is the only driver fast enough to mate with the true ribbon. The 20.1r uses it, and also a true push-pull planar woofer. While I don't think that it's the best speaker ever made, but it's pretty darn close.

[Feanor]

I think it would be cool for B&W to take some models out of their program since they are to similar. For Magnepan i wish that they would add a model between the 1.6 and 3.6 since the difference in sound is very large and also on the pocket book.

-Flo

Or so it's rumored. That would be the size of the MG 1.6 but with a true ribbon mid/tweeter. It would almost certainly be over US$3000 or Cdn$3700. Which means I won't regret buying my 1.6's for a bit under Cdn$2250.

Personally I suspect RGA is right about 705 vs. 1.6. I auditioned the 705 predeceasor, CDM 1NT, at length. But I preferred the Magneplanar MMGs that were hardly more than half the price. And yes, the 1.6's are a significant step up from the MMG's.

[RGA]

Feaner -- I suspect you'd find the CDM 1NT better than the 705 -- so the swing would probably even be FARTHER in favour of the Maggie than it already is.

I don;t know how Soundhounds is going to get the space for the top maggie 20.something - they already carry 12 main speaker lines with several floater brands and we have not even got to the used stuff. They're going to have to move the thousands of records off the walls pretty soon. They have about four rows of three stacked subs speakers on shelves to get down to let people audition...but the 20 is massive (they;ll have to have a maggie section -- at least they're thin.

[theaudiohobby]

I think it would be cool for B&W to take some models out of their program since they are to similar. For Magnepan i wish that they would add a model between the 1.6 and 3.6 since the difference in sound is very large and also on the pocket book.

-Flo

Which models should they take of the program?

[Florian]

Leisure Monitore --- pretty much the same as the Theater ones

CM-Serie ----600 and 700 series is a good enough gap

803 Series ---804 and 803 is pretty much the same thing...

-Flo

[theaudiohobby]

Leisure Monitore --- pretty much the same as the Theater ones

CM-Serie ----600 and 700 series is a good enough gap

803 Series ---804 and 803 is pretty much the same thing...

-Flo

Cannot comment on the CM Series because it is an old model series, but the 803 is there because of demand and it is closer to the 802 than the 804, but with a more conventional box, when you are large manufacturer you can cater for different market segments.

[Florian]

I think that they have too many models. there are tons of options, but they dont really differ to much.

-Flo