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Cool!. I'm loving this pair, clearly an upgrade over the 2.7s. Welcome in advance to the Magnepan lovers camp.
I lived with the bass shy 2.7s for 23 years. That was after 2 years of B&W801 and 3 yrs of the 800 Matrix. I don't miss those woofers as what the Magnepans can do over the dynamic speakers satisfied me. If I were to put a sub, I would want an active crossover to cut off some frequencies of the Maggies, and let the sub takeover there completely. I do not like to run the Maggies at full range together with a sub. And honestly, I am not that adept at integrating subs to speakers.
It is tricky. Happy with the 3.7i now in a 16' x 23' room. If ever I would like the 30.7 someday.
Tube rolling is about seeing the 'lights'.
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I cannot see much in the pictures, but the light definitely does the job!
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I cannot see much in the pictures, but the light definitely does the job!
Thanks. I have that one too, Mike, bought them 2 together. At the door of my room.
And the famous 'Tablet' cover which became a poster.
Mine are not as well preserved as yours.
Just wondering, how does it stack up against 3.6 - are they using the same design? The cabinets look similar.
I only heard the 3.6 briefly when it came our during a hifi show here. Not too well received by my friends and me, as the highs came out aggressively bright. My friends thought the same way about the 1.6s too in that era. Then the 3.7 came , which I have no heard, and now these 3.7i's which never auditioned before I bought them. Lots of my confidence in it came from 'reviews', specifically the brief quote of Magnepan's website :
Axpona Chicago show (2015) awards —
Jonathan Valin of The Absolute Sound —Best Sound (cost-no-object): Magnepan 3.7i driven by Pass Labs and sourced by exaSound. The most natural and realistic sound at the show.
Most Coveted Product: Magnepan 3.7i.
(Note that Jonathon was covering speakers $20,000 and up and awarded the room with 3.7is “Best Sound (cost-no-object)”)
The last sentence really got into me and I took the plunge. I personally believe that the 3.7i should be quite far superior to the 3.6 model.
If you are happy with the result, then that is a complete victory. You saved a lot of time by not trying 50 sets out and doing a lot of A-B testing.
There are not too many reviews on 3.7i. However, I read that Magnepan offered an upgrade from 3.7 to 3.7i for $500. Do you know if that is the case? If that's true then I am impressed.
There are not too many reviews on 3.7i. However, I read that Magnepan offered an upgrade from 3.7 to 3.7i for $500. Do you know if that is the case? If that's true then I am impressed.
Thanks. I have that one too, Mike, bought them 2 together. At the door of my room.
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And the famous 'Tablet' cover which became a poster.
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Mine are not as well preserved as yours.
I think due to humidity in the Philipines, very hard to keep them in good shape.
Yes. Very happy with the performance of the 3.7i. The break in period of 150 hours made me think there was something wrong with the focus and imaging of the speakers but after that all good things came out of the speakers. $6000 is quite reasonable for a speakers that can fill up the room with music and they really love power to bring them out to sing. Yes, I've heard that $500 upgrade from net forums and depending on the cost of the old 3.7, it can be a value for money upgrade.
150 hours of a break in period - that is not too fast. I guess the patience paid out. I am curious to hear your opinion. What do you identify as the biggest differences between the conventional cone and planar driver speakers?
I've always liked a speaker's ability to disappear and fool me. LOL It started with the Spica TC50s, then the Thiel 3.5, both were very open but bit shy in dynamics. I went into that, in the B&W 801 series 3 and then the huge Matrix 800 which had 4 12" woofers, a bit of an overkill. The cone speakers run about 10 years of my journey. Then I felt a bit burned out by the bass of the 800s and found the Magnepans to be good match for my taste. The 800s taught me about height. LOL. And the Magnepans have it. The Magnepans to me are a lot more open that any cone speakers I have used, but the 801's tweeter/mid head unit came very close. The 2.7 model lasted me 23 years (no flirting to buy any other speakers during that time) and then this 3.7i's which I bought about 2 years ago. The 3.7i's are lot more dynamic than the 2.7s and throw an even bigger and taller soundstage. The biggest difference to me is the open-ness and transparency. A few big very expensive speakers definitely have that, with their exotic cabinet materials, and like if they had to try hard to achieve that, the Magnepans do it effortlessly, like it was breathing air, a very natural thing. That's my personal feeling.
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