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Anthony wrote:
 I have (soon to be had) a Magnepan home theater. I loved the sound but was definitely missing the low end and dynamic range. Vocals were perfectly natural and music really sang, but explosions, gunshots, and car chases just always left something to be desired. Incidentally, explosions, gunshots, and car chases are in just about every movie I own 
My solution: I'm trying to create my own dipoles with dynamic speakers. Better low end punch with all the dynamics, but the air and natural sound of the Magnepans.
That's what led me to the neo3 (I guess I couldn't give up planars completely).
again, I like it, but it's just murder to build a crossover for. |
Speaker building is a brand new hobby of mine, so I may sound like a noob. This magnepan home theater you have, are the gun shots, explosions, etc lacking b/c of a lack of a sub, or is the lack of low end and dynamics slightly above that range.
I looked briefly at a magnepan website, and it appeared that some ribbons came with a powered sub built into the tower speaker and some did not.
One more question. The difficult x-over, is that because you removed the back cup and now there is a rise in the hf, or are all dynamics more challenging to cross?
thanks