Quote Originally Posted by RGA
If measurements mattered to you then you would not buy Magnepan which have some of the most godawful measurements in the world of loudspeakers - they're not exactly wonders of modern design nor are they even remotely accurate in any sense of the word. And yet you bought them without any actual evidence that they measure even remotely well. Both of these are the Magnepan 3.6
Did you read what Atkinson wrote? "As I have written before in these pages, measuring physically large speakers with in-room quasi-anechoic techniques is in some ways a fruitless task."

The Magnepans are true wonders of modern design. Continual refinement has been done over 4 decades. I know because I had my first III series back in the 80's and there's been 5 upgrades since. The recently released Magnepan 1.7 has been an unmitigated hit with every reviwer;


While it's a huge upgrade to the 1 line, in typical Magnepan understated style it just moves the designation from 1.6 to 1.7

http://www.avguide.com/blog/magnepan...lified-triumph

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20...ag=mncol;title

Now the audio world waits with bated breath for the coming of the new Magnepan 3.7!

As it works out in my room for my Magnepan 3.6r speakers, the -3dB for bass is 32Hz. Using a corrected curve with a Rat shack dB meter I get +/- 3dB from 32Hz to 18kHz. The midrange is dead flat from 400Hz- 3kHz +/- 1 dB, with a slightly rising treble response after that. Probably why the sound so good with tube amps that slightly roll off the top end.