Magnepan MG-1

[jray9900]

My uncle gave me an old pair of magnepan magneplanar mg-1 speakers. They sound very good -- the tweeters are in good shape and they're very presentable cosemetically. They've been in his garage so wiping the dust off them was all they needed. I hooked them up to my system and they sound great (as long as you're in the sweet spot). Do these things go for very much? I'm not quite sure what to do with them.
Joe
Birmingham, AL

[janmike]

Congrats & welcome. Any pics?

[BobMcG]

I hooked them up to my system and they sound great...I'm not quite sure what to do with them.
Use them?

Welcome to CP.

[dorokusai]

That's a neat speaker, have fun.

Welcome to CP.

[schwarcw]

Welcome to Club Polk jray9900. Those are great speakers, enjoy listening to them. Ditto on the pics, if you have any post them. We'd love to see them.

[TroyD]

What Bob said. Use them, enjoy them. Welcome! Post more, get involved.

If your one post is only to find out what they are worth so you can hang 'em out on ebay for profit....well, let's just hope that's not so.

BDT

[George Grand]

I smell ebay.

[jray9900]

Dear George/Polkologist --- I''m not one of those guys that can afford a the friggin' mega-system in each closet of my house! I've never owned a pair of magnepans (or ribbon speakers for that matter) before. For what its worth, I actually talked to a guy I met off of ebay and he described to me how to triangulate the magnepans to find that small "sweet spot" as well as how to check to make sure the tweeters aren't worn out. That's a lot nicer welcome than you've given me here! "Smell ebay?"....why don't you "smell my ass!"

As far as everybody else is concerned - Thanks --- no, I'm not here just for some quick info but please don't expect me to log on everyday and post to everything in every forum. This will probably be the only forum I ever look at considering I'm not much of a fan of Polk's work in speaker design so I doubt I'd be able to contribute constructively in other forums. Besides, I've got a mortgage on a house that is a real fixer upper so it eats every thing the wife and three kids don't! Not to mention I work in sales!

Vintage/hi end audio is always been one of those fun things I've wanted to do ..just something I've never really had the time/money to play around with. My first speakers were a pair of AR17s (also given to me). Like every other stupid kid that graduated college in the 90s, I bought into the Bose myth and got a set of 301s which I've had about eight years. I think they're good speakers despite what snobs may say....but, the reality is they're not great speakers....how can anything with a paper cone tweeter be a great speaker? but its definitely not a bad speaker. But before you go get your panties in a wad and write me off as another Bose-head who doesn't know crap -- they are leaving as soon as I get the refoam kit for a pair of Inifinity SS2003s that I picked up at a yard sale for $20. Nyah! Beat that!

Thanks for the welcome! I haven't had a chance to take pics of the magnepans as I don't own a digital camera. Hopefully, both of those will come to fruition soon!
Joe
Birmingham, AL

[Polk65]

Dear George/Polkologist ...why don't you "smell my ass!"


We all have our bad days, some of us have more than others. Your smelly attitude is not a smart move. :(

[jray9900]

you know, there's a whole other world out there besides yours. Thanks for the welcome but I've been in too many forums where whenever you're new to the clique you have to "prove yourself worthy" to the one guy who wants to be a snob and sniff you out to make sure you're "kosher." If your goal was to run off someone, congratulations....
Thanks anyway....

[motorstereo]

I'm a noobie too but I wouldn't even think of using "smell my ass" to another forum member. Why are you asking info about maggies on a polk forum anyway? Yup something stinks here and it isn't the veteran forum members for sure.

[shack]

Bye....

[michael_w]

I think George set a new record there. Driving off a new member with only three words! :cool:

Joe, don't the comments personally. The guys who have been here for a while tend to look out for each other and can sometimes be a little harsh on the new guys if they make a bad start. Stick around and enjoy the new maggies. My first post was pretty much exactly what you've done and I got bashed for it too. I decided to stick around and ended up learning a lot.

Just curious but what bought you to the polk forum?

[Frank Z]

What a freakin' crackpot.:rolleyes:
Log on to a forum set up by Polk Audio and ask questions right outta the gate about a completely different brand. The first post just screams I WANT TO SELL THESE!! Well fine, but good gawd man don't get your panties in heavily starched wad over a simple ebay comment. George nailed it. You're going to end up selling 'em on ebay, or somewhere else. If you truly wanted or intended to keep them you certainly wouldn't have included the oh-so-popular "Wonder what they're worth?" tag line.

You really need to re-read your post before you opt to taste your own shoe leather again.

I just love it when people post 1 time and get all kinda torqued when the answers they get aren't what they want to hear.

Good luck with your speakers, hope you:
a) Like 'em.
b) get a fair price for 'em
c) feel compelled to return them, cuz you don't appreciate good sound.

[dorokusai]

I view his original post as just the typical generic query that could have come from anybody on this forum....yet, in classic Polk forum fashion, run off the new member.

I know a few respondents to be more than speaker educated, and not stuck in an endless loop of Polk Audio speakers.

At least he took the time to connect those speakers and offer a comment about how well they perform...I guess I should keep my comments about vintage speakers to myself, lest I get run off by the local denizens.

Here's some useful information about Magnepan speakers... MUG (http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/). If you have left already, good luck.

[george daniel]

Hey,,thats a very good link,impressive--:D

[George Grand]

I'm missing him already Doro. "I'm not much of a fan of Polk's work in speaker design" speaks real loud here.

Yeah, I'm the ONE guy who comes here to run off people. I'm the SNOB.

Give me a break Mark. You think there's a lot of value there, he's all yours babe.

[dorokusai]

Does his original comment say anything like that? Nope.

Why do you think he may have come back on the offensive?

Give ME a break George. What have I done for him out of the ordinary? Dropped a link for him to find out his own information?

[George Grand]

Well Mark, from three little words, he has deduced that I am the single person on this forum who pretty much decides who stays and goes. That I am the audio snob with a mega-system in every room. Could he be MORE mistaken?
Maybe if he does show up again, you could explain that POLKOLOGIST is not my idea of who I am, and nothing more than a term assigned to me because of how many posts I have. Maybe you could explain to him that I probably know a lot less about POLK speakers than 95% of the Polkologists onboard. Maybe you can see that if those three little words set off a response like that, what is going to happen when something really confrontational comes his way? You know, maybe three little words like "You are wrong". Show him where to find the Maggie users forum. Embrace him if you like. Do any number of things. But don't dump all this in MY lap, when I'm guilty of nothing more than three little words that you just may have uttered yourself in some other fashion, in the attempt to do the same thing I was trying to do. Okay?

I'm quite finished with this, and him.

[dorokusai]

I think it reads how it reads, so whatever. I'm unaffected in the end....and I'm sure you are as well.

EDIT: Sorry GG, I dropped the Goslings comment for some grammar reason.

[George Grand]

I think it reads how it reads also, but falls far short of the magic Mr. Hyde potion. Guess I was wrong, he Mr. Hyde'd at the drop of a hat, and Gosling's it is.

[dorokusai]

:D OK.

Goslings, at least we can agree on that, cheers George.

[George Grand]

Bad sentence. We agree on a lot more than Gosling's, and you know it. We just don't seem to agree on this.

Tomorrow is another day.

[dorokusai]

This is an internet forum and proper English, established a back seat, along time ago.

Bring it.

[TroyD]

I still don't see what the hullabaloo was out in the first place. I agree, the original post read like someone just looking to put a value on a speaker to flip on ebay.

BDT

[F1nut]

I still don't see what the hullabaloo was out in the first place. I agree, the original post read like someone just looking to put a value on a speaker to flip on ebay.

BDT
Absolutely!

[dorokusai]

Isn't it funny how everything eventually bites you in the ass?

I've been ready for dialogue via dorokusai@comcast.net, but I don't recall any side conversation ...feel free to open up offline or online.

[F1nut]

That's why older guys don't have an ass any longer. :D

[Polk65]

Five welcomes for a new member's first post about a non-house speaker is a record. Just a hair short of rolling out the red carpet.

What I'd like to know is how "I smell ebay" can call for a response like someone just flipped you the bird?

For the record, I'm not sucking up to anyone here. The truth is I almost put four of the veterans posting in this thread on ignore shortly after I joined. I've since learned to tolerate just about everyone and have learned a thing or two as a result.

Mark, are you sure your mailbox has enough space? Some large logs have been known to flow through these parts. :D

[dorokusai]

P65 - I get what you're saying.

I love the veterans, and it's never gonna change, as they are most likely family....but I don't always agree with them either. If that turns me into an asshole, well that's just the way it goes. I'll disagree when I feel like it.

I know I'm an asshole, when someone clues me in to something new, I'll buy 'em a drink or a root beer.

I'm not here to stroke, I'm here to help...and perhaps ruin lives. I get out of order from time to time, but my folks usually check me.

[TroyD]

I still want to hump your leg.

If my original post was miscontrued, I apologize, I meant no ill.....

BDT

[mrbigbluelight]

"Do these things go for very much? I'm not quite sure what to do with them.
Joe
Birmingham, AL"

Well........uhm.......I've got a thought !

Now, as far as using triangulation (and my, isn't that a big word for such a big boy !) to find the sweet spot, I might offer my services in assisting you in finding the sweet spot without using triangulation.

Of course, my definition of sweet spot and your definition of sweet spot might be slightly different.
I know for me, it would definitely be sweet !

You'd definitely have to use those speakers in rear surround mode, though.

MrBig-"Sorry, I had a flashback to my BBSing days"-Light

[jray9900]

George -
I had a bad experience with a Polk dealer back in my college days and lets just say when I saw your comment you reminded me of that humiliating experience. When I posted my first comment, I was trying to convey excitement and enthusiasm over my new prize! Just as if someone had gone to a yard-sale and found a Babe Ruth baseball card. That doesn't neccessarily mean I'm looking to sell them. Of course, if you were to tell me I could get a cool $1M for 'em, they'd be gone in a heartbeat!

I realize you don't know me from Adam's house cat, but I did get messages from a couple of folks on this forum who helped me to understand a little more about what you've gone through from all these random guys coming into your world, just here trying to sell you stuff and take your money.

Hopefully, this will be the end of this thread and we can move on, together, in peace, without the bittern thorns of animosity based on a miniscule understanding. I can learn to accept you and all of your faults if you can overlook mine. Can we move on, together?


Sincerely,
jray9900
xxxooo

PS - Polks still suck! <grin>

[Tour2ma]

I'll buy 'em ... a root beer.I love inside jokes...

jray9900,
Actually, while I count nearly every vet among my friends, including GG, I kinda liked your gumption. And while GG may not know Polk, I don't know of another member that had drinks with Henry Kloss, Edgar Vilchur and other AR audio greats.

Seems like from your last post you plan to hang, or at least pay us the odd visit every once in a while.

Fine by me...

As for the MG-1's... more than triangulation is needed for them to bloom. Start with them 2.5' from the back wall, about 6' apart (inside edge) and toed in about 30 degrees and play from there. Properly set up Maggies produce a jaw-dropping soundstage.

And keep the cats, if any, away from them...

[dorokusai]

Joe is a nice guy, talked on the side, he's solid.

I don't really find it a big deal he's not a rabid Polk fan, considering the cross-section of speakers in the core, let alone the masses.