Magnepan MG-20.1's are on the way!

[nooshinjohn]

Just grabbed them for a freeking unbelievable price. I need to build smoe new crossovers for them, but they are in as new condition otherwise. I am looking forward to getting them in a proper room for listening... These have been a goal of mine for a long time now, and to finally have a pair on the way to my door....


my hands are shaking as I type this!

Pics tonight.

[falconcry72]

Wow. Congrats.

Serious, serious speaker. That speaker is a "lifer".

Pics! Pics! Pics!

They'll be fabulous with your amps.

I'm happy for you, man!


*exits back to his lowly 3.6's*


Cheers,

Ben

[dorokusai]

Agreed, that model is a keeper and the kind of speaker you build a system around, not the other way....enjoy!

[indyhawg]

Congrats John. Looking forward to seeing pics.

[Face]

I hope you have a very large room to put them in.

[nooshinjohn]

Not now, but I will. They will be an a room 18'x18' at least. My wife already knows our next house needs to have some "me" space.

[polkfarmboy]

Not now, but I will. They will be an a room 18'x18' at least. My wife already knows our next house needs to have some "me" space.

Thats not you talking, thats the flat panel crack

[pearsall001]

Congrats!!! Very, very nice. Good luck with the XO repair. They're keepers for sure. I would love to try a pair of Maggies but my room height is a deal killer.

[pietro944]

wow.....I'm saving for the mmg's(lol).....are you going speaker level with a sub?.....Would be interested to know as I'm thinking of going with 2 small subs with the mmg's.....Pics!!!!.....CONGRATS!

[falconcry72]

.....are you going speaker level with a sub?.....

Ha.

The big boys don't need no dang subs.

Subs could help the mmg's for sure, but don't go too small; the whole point of a sub is to be able to get down to 20hz or below, so don't get anything that can't do that with ease or you'll just be mucking up your midbass.

[pietro944]

Ha.

The big boys don't need no dang subs.

Subs could help the mmg's for sure, but don't go too small; the whole point of a sub is to be able to get down to 20hz or below, so don't get anything that can't do that with ease or you'll just be mucking up your midbass.

Thanks......I'm going to start a thread on this,don't want to hijack john's magnepan celebration

[nooshinjohn]

a few pics....

[Face]

Nice barn doors. :D

[nooshinjohn]

Nice barn doors. :D

Yep... not too shabby at all. I will be needing some advice/help on crossovers for them, but I am so very excited to have these world class gems in my living room.

[falconcry72]

Mye Stands. Pronto.

[nooshinjohn]

Gonna have my own made for them, with granite slabs to match my amps.

[falconcry72]

Gonna have my own made for them, with granite slabs to match my amps.

Damn. That sounds sexy as hell.

I'm glad that these bad-ass speakers will end up with such a capable man, and I'm glad that this bad-ass man will end up with such capable speakers.

Circle of love right there, bro!

[engtaz]

Very nice. Congrats

[Face]

Yep... not too shabby at all. I will be needing some advice/help on crossovers for them, but I am so very excited to have these world class gems in my living room.

Do you have a schematic?

[steveinaz]

Very, very nice---enjoy man.

[headrott]

Those Maggies look great John. Let us know how they sound. I have not heard a pair of MG-20.1's.

Greg

[Tony M]

Great things come to those who seek and keep at it.

Congrats John. It's funny how you've been honeing your soldering skills over the past year and now this project comes up. Good luck getting the schematics and I'm glad some of us have very deep pockets to take another step up in this cool hobby/passion.

I know he wants to hook them up with no cross-overs. ......I would....well...maybe not.

[nooshinjohn]

The new shipping boxes have been ordered for them, and they should be on the way to me soon. A check of the serial numbers show them to be a matched pair of MG 20's and NOT the 20.1's. One speaker will need a replacement ribbon, but Maggie says this is an easy and in-expensive fix at just a hundred bucks for the replacement. I cannot wait to see them/hear them.

Does anybody have any expereince with the 20's or the 20.1's for sake of comparison?

[Tony M]

Looks like he hooked them up without a cross-over.

I would've also with very low volume.

[nooshinjohn]

Finally got them packed up and on the way to me... I cannot wait to see them, hear them and see the look on the wife's face as she see's 6foot 7 inch speaker standing in the living room!

[Face]

I saw a pair in person not too long ago, they certainly have a presence about them.

Any luck on a schematic or FR plots?

[nooshinjohn]

I saw a pair in person not too long ago, they certainly have a presence about them.

Any luck on a schematic or FR plots?

Yes, they do at that. They put me a bit in mind of the SDA-SRS in terms of their frontal size. They certainly lay waste to the theory that there is no market for an SDA-type speaker because of size constraints. Because of positioning issues, these actually need MORE room than an SDA.

I have schematics, but was told if I am bi-amping, the internal crossover will be good for now.

[nooshinjohn]

No time tonight for a review, but lets just say they are spectacular in every way. Any chance I would be missing SDA is gone (for now).


A couple pics... review to follow in another thread.

[Face]

That picture makes them look smaller than they really are.

[Conradicles]

Man those speakers are close together...Is that the way they are supposed to be?