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Come potete ben
vedere dalle foto , la forma di questi diffusori e veramente particolare
e anche il modo di emissione non e convenzionale.
Sono i classici
diffusori che o si amano o si odiano !! per il modo che hanno di
esprimersi e io che sono per natura molto curioso li
ho provati ...

La prima prova
lo fatta con un ampli valvolare di media potenza ( 30 watt circa) , ho
posizionato i diffusori in maniera classica .... ho messo
uno dei miei classici CD di riferimento ......... veramente una
brutta impressione !!!!! allora provo a spostare i diffusori
ma nulla da fare , quello che usciva non mi soddisfaceva ... il basso
era presente , ma la musica usciva con fatica....
Le metto da parte
abbastanza desolato e praticamente me le scordo , fino al giorno
che arriva da me in officina un amico che le conosce
bene , perche' le usa da tanti anni nel suo impianto ...
ottimo allora inizio subito a raccontargli i miei
problemi........................

le connessioni delle
magneplanar , accettano anche banane da 4 mm classiche
Mi dice che
assolutamente i 30 watt valvolari sono insufficienti per questo tipo di
diffusore , ma che necessita di molta più potenza ...
addirittura mi racconta che lui usa un finale da 200 watt !!!!
Poi mi spiega
che l'inclinazione originale e un pochino peggiorativa e che lui
si e fatto costruire dei supporti appositi che fanno stare i diffusori
perfettamente verticali.

E che vanno
posizionati relativamente vicine al punto di ascolto e piuttosto
lontani dai muri , sia di lato che dietro.
Allora ho preso
questo ampli

Korsun V6
Ho inclinato i
diffusori , come da consiglio e ho fatto partire il CD
... e cambiato completamente il suono , la gamma e
risultata piena e completa.
Il suono del medio
alto si può considerare una via de mezzo tra il tweeter di Hail e
le Quad cio' abbastanza veloce , ma non quanto l'Hail
( il che non guasta) meno brillante delle Quad.. insomma
diffusori molto bilanciati e sopratutto non mi hanno deluso nella
sezione medio bassa , ben presente al contrario di quello
che mi aspettavo ... naturalmente se ascoltate
solamente musica rock passate oltre , ma se ascoltate
jazz , voci , pop leggero posso consigliarvele.
Punto di forza e
sicuramente la spazialità che danno questi diffusori , il
palcoscenico risulta molto profondo.
La versione con tela
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Links interessanti:
Alcune recensioni in
inglese:
http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/main-speaker/magnepan/PRD_120048_1594crx.aspx
Una recensione delle
Magneplanar MG12
loudspeakers. $3000
Preso dal sito :
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/magneplanar_mg12.shtml
Qui trovate la versione in ITALIANO tradotta con Google
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Magne-what? It’s
been several years since the
Magneplanar
range of speakers have been available in New Zealand, but it’s a
very welcome return. For me, it’s like going back home again. Some
18 years ago I owned a pair of Magneplanar SMGa speakers, an older
predecessor to the MG12s reviewed here. When offered the MG12s for
review I jumped at the chance.
So what is a
Magneplanar? Some people immediately think that a panel speaker is
an electrostatic. Not in this case. An electrostatic speaker
requires an electrical charge to energise the speaker; Maggies are
like normal speakers, only requiring a signal from the amplifier.
In some ways the
Magneplanar is similar to a conventional woofer or tweeter. Like a
conventional driver, the Maggies use magnets and a voice coil to
create sound by moving air. Unlike a conventional driver, the
magnets are spread out throughout the whole panel structure, and the
voice coil is attached to a mylar sheet, which does the moving of
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There is one big
difference between conventional driver and the Magneplanar panel. A
conventional driver needs to move a relatively large distance (or
excursion) to create sound. A Magneplanar panel moves very little. But
with the very large panel area can still create high levels of sound.
Standing some 1300mm
high and 450mm wide (but only 35mm deep), a pair of MG12 loudspeakers
will dominate the aesthetics of a room more than most stand-mount or
floorstanding loudspeakers would. Maggies also need to be well out from
the rear wall to sound their best.
Doesn’t sound too
good, does it? But the MG12 is light in weight and can be left close to
the wall, where they look like some sort of screen decoration. Move them
back out into the room when you want to listen seriously.
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Listening to the
MG12s for the first time can be a disconcerting experience. Most of
us are very used to listening to music through conventional box
speakers, and we’ve largely become used the various box, cone and
dome sounds that conventional speakers have.
So play some
music through the MG12s and the reaction is “wow!” All of the box
sounds, the cone and dome sounds that we’ve all grown so used to
were gone. The first few days were spent marvelling at this, and it
was only after several days that I was able to hear what the MG12
did and did not do.
The first thing
that stuck me and others who listened to the MG12s was how cohesive,
continuous and coherent was the reproduction of music. They really
sounded as if the music was cut from one cloth, instead of coming
from different drive units. This coherence and continuousness really
helps make music from the MG12s sound more real.
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Older Magneplanars
could be a little reticent in the high end, but that’s been changed with
the newer models. The MG12 has a small version of Magneplanar’s
quasi-ribbon tweeter, which produces very good higher frequencies.
In some rooms – mine
included – the MG12 can sound a little bright and forward (the crossover
is around 900Hz, far lower than the typical 3kHz of box speakers). So I
used the supplied resistor to knock the tweeter response back by a dB or
so.
At the other end of
the frequency spectrum, the MG12’s resolve bass information is a way
that I find superior to many competing speakers. The “what” and “why” of
what is happening in the bass is answered by the MG12s, showing that
there’s more to good bass than just pumping air. The MG12s showed, for
example, the decay of Charlie Watts’ drumbeats in parts of the Rolling
Stones’40 Licks compilation, and the relationship set up
between Watts’ drumming and Bill Wynman’s bass playing.
And that difficult
area from the mid-bass to lower midrange was beautifully handled, with a
solidity and sense of body from that big panel on the first CD from Pink
Floyd’s The Wall. Speaker designers often struggle with the
trade-off between weight and clarity in this area.
But bass from
Maggies is different than from cone woofers. The MG12 doesn’t have the
punch and bass impact that many box speakers can have. It’s a trade-off
that Maggie-owners will make, but if you need to physically feel the
music then the MG12s may not be for you.
For $3000 there is
no speaker that I know of in New Zealand that can do what the
Magneplanar MG12 does. It is demanding in terms of space required and
can dominate the room, but if you like what the MG12 does, then there’s
no going back. The only decision then is whether to buy the MG12s or
spend an extra $1800 on the even better
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