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A pair of early Magneplanar MG-I speakers. circa 1976.

Magnepan is a private high-end audioloudspeaker manufacturer in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, United States. Their loudspeaker technology was conceived and implemented by engineer Jim Winey in 1969.

Overview[edit]

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Magnepan's speaker design, sold under the brand name Magneplanar (often referred to as 'Maggies'), differs from that of conventional speakers in relying not on cones mounted in an enclosure but on a planar driver system mounted in a panel. A Magneplanar's reproducing mechanism comprises thin conductive wires and or foil strips attached to a thin sheet of Mylar residing in a magnetic field created by a vertical array of permanent strip magnets. When an amplified signal is applied to the conductors, the resultant electrical forces react with the magnetic field to excite the Mylar film sheet, which projects sound as a dipole. In principle, this approach relies on the same concept as a voice coil-driven cone speaker, but in a Magneplanar speaker the 'voice coils' are attached (glued) directly to the radiating surface.

A pair of (restored) 1986 SMGa Magneplanars.

Sound is projected from both the front and back of the radiating surface. The sound from the back of the speaker is reflected from the front wall of the listening area. This is said to effectively enhance the soundstage - the sense of space and realism - of the speaker. The Magneplanar design, using a passive magnet array, is not a unique loudspeaker implementation, although it was the first of its type. Eminent Technology, Analysis Audio, and others also employ passive magnet designs. Broadly, these are classed as planar-magnetic speakers.[1]

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There are other similar speaker designs to the Magneplanar. Martin-Logan and Quad Electroacoustics, among others, make electrostatic loudspeakers, which are another variation on the dipole model. Electrostatic speakers operate on a somewhat different principle. While the voice coils in the Magneplanar are conductive wires or foil strips mounted on a sheet of Mylar film, electrostatic speakers suspend a charged conductive film between two grids (stators) which move the film. One disadvantage of both designs is that a very large panel is required to produce deep bass. Magnepan has addressed this via the physical size of the speakers - a physically large radiating surface produces more bass. Martin-Logan has addressed the bass problem by mounting a conventional cone bass driver in a separate section of the speaker chassis, generally resulting in a physically smaller speaker than the Magneplanar.

Technology[edit]

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Magnepan has used a few different technologies in constructing their speakers. All Magnepan speakers are based on flexible ferrite magnet strips (like refrigerator magnets), 0.060' (1.5mm) thick, typically cut to either 1/4' wide (mid-bass) or 1/8' wide (tweeters) and more or less the length of the speaker. The magnets are glued to a piece of custom perforated 20 gauge steel sheet. The steel supports the magnets and also completes the magnetic circuit on the back of the magnets, resulting in about a 25% stronger magnetic field in front of the magnets. Mylar film .0005' (12.5um) thick is suspended in front of the magnet structure about 1/16' away from the magnets. Aluminum wires or film are then glued to the mylar. Always aluminum: copper has two-thirds the resistance of aluminum which would make the speakers either much larger or much more difficult to drive. Very few amplifiers can handle 2.7 ohm speakers. Older Magnepans used aluminum magnet wire, thin 31 gauge .0089' for the tweeters and thicker 22 gauge .0253' for the mid-bass. The wire is glued to the mylar with 3M 77 spray adhesive then sealed with 3M Fastbond 30NF (Magnepan used to use Milloxane to seal, but no more.)

Newer Magnepans use 30 um (.0012') thick 1/8' wide aluminum tape instead of wire. Dr. antivirus pro 3.2.1 crack. When the aluminum tape is used instead of wires Magnepan calls the speakers 'Quasi-Ribbons.' Using the aluminum tape spreads out the driving force on the mylar speaker diaphragm, resulting in noticeably lower distortion. Cutaway picture: Magnepan Quasi Ribbon

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Magnepan ribbons are constructed with a strip of aluminum roughly 5um (.0002') thick, 1/4' wide, 60' (1.5m) long. The aluminum is corrugated - the pleats help keep the ribbon from flexing between the magnets. Before corrugating the ribbon it's more like 80' (2m) long. The aluminum is suspended between two ferrite magnets, about 3/8' x 1/2' in cross section. The magnets are attached to a 1/8' thick piece of formed and perforated steel, which both holds the magnets in place and also completes the magnetic circuit, resulting in about a 40% stronger magnetic field in the magnet gap. Cutaway picture: Magnepan Ribbon

The most frequently cited disadvantages of Magnepan's overall design are relatively low efficiency and, given the absence of an enclosure, difficulty in reproducing very low bass frequencies. Because of the low resistance (4 ohms) and low sensitivity (86dB), it requires a surprising amount of current to drive the Magnepans to moderately loud listening levels. Many inexpensive receivers simply do not have the required current capacity so they go into various distortion modes including crossover distortion, clipping and slew limiting, with the result that the Magnepans may not sound very good. If the amplifier starts clipping it could destroy the ribbon or treble wiring. Driving the Magnepans with a 100 watt or better high current amplifier will result in much better sound. Many very expensive modern amplifiers can do this, and some older amplifiers including the Great American Sound Ampzillas and the various Sumo amplifiers can too - these amplifiers were all designed by James Bonjiorno, who was a big believer in high current capabilities. Generally the amplifier should put out double the watts into 4 ohms that it does into 8 ohms; if the specification is for less than double then the power supply and/or output stage of the amplifier will most likely not be sufficient to obtain best sound from the Magnepans.

Models[edit]

Originally Magnepan sold the MG and the Tympani series. The Tympani series has been discontinued for several decades, and is replaced by the 20.7 and 30.7 speakers. The MG series has been produced continuously but the 'MG' has been dropped from the name; thus the MG-I is now the 1.7; the MG-II is now the (discontinued) 2.7, and the MG-III is now the 3.7. Magnepan also produced a small, relatively inexpensive speaker, the SMG, which became the MMG and is now called the LRS. The Tympanis and MG speakers were all made from wire-on-mylar; the speakers with no 'MG' in the name are all made from aluminum foil on mylar ('Quasi-Ribbon'). The MG-III, 3.7, Tympani IV, 20.7 and 30.7 all include Magnepan's ribbon driver and thus produce sound up to 40khz. The other speakers do not include a true ribbon and therefore produce sound only up to about 18khz - 25khz.

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All Magnepans are 4 ohm speakers, with sensitivity of 86dB / 500Hz / 2.83v

ModelTechnologyFreq. ResponseSizeProduction YearsPrice 2020
Magneplanar LRS [2]2-Way / Quasi-Ribbon50 Hz-20 kHz14.5 x 48 x 1.25 inches2019–Present$650
Magneplanar .7i [3]2-Way / Quasi-Ribbon45 Hz-20 kHz15 x 54 x 1.25 inches2010–Present$1400
Magneplanar 1.7i [4]3-Way / Quasi-Ribbon40 Hz-24 kHz19 x 65 x 2 inches2010–Present$2000
Magneplanar 2.7i3-Way / Quasi-Ribbon40 Hz-24 kHz22 x 71 x 2 inches2000–2013$1500 used
Magneplanar 3.7i [5]3-Way / Ribbon Tweeter + Quasi-Ribbon35 Hz-40 kHz24 x 71 x 1.6 inches2013–Present$6000
Magneplanar 20.7 [6]3-Way / Ribbon Tweeter + Quasi-Ribbon25 Hz-40 kHz29 x 79 x 2 inches2011–Present$14,000
Magneplanar 30.7 [7]4-Way / Ribbon Tweeter + Quasi-Ribbon20 Hz-40 kHz29 x 79 x 2 inches + 16 x 79 x 2 inches2017–Present$30,000
Magneplanar SMG / MMG2-Way / Planar Magnetic50 Hz-18 kHz14.5 x 48 x 1.6 inches1990–2018$300 used
Magneplanar MG-I2-Way / Planar Magnetic50 Hz-18 kHz22 x 60 x 1.6 inches1972–1999$300 used
Magneplanar MG-II2-Way / Planar Magnetic40 Hz-18 kHz22 x 71 x 1.6 inches1980–1999$400 used
Magneplanar MG-III3-Way / Ribbon Tweeter + Planar Magnetic37 Hz-40 kHz23 x 72 x 2 inches1983–2000$600 used
Magneplanar Tympani I3-Way / Planar Magnetic40 Hz-20 kHz48 x 72 x 1 inches1973–1978$2000 used
Magneplanar Tympani III3-Way / Planar Magnetic35 Hz-25 kHz64 x 72 x 1 inches1976–1980$2000 used
Magneplanar Tympani IV3-Way / Ribbon Tweeter + Planar Magnetic30 Hz-40 kHz48 x 72 x 1 inches1980–1999$2500 used

References[edit]

Interviews[edit]

  • Jim Winey: Maggie's Man in Stereophile, January 2003

References[edit]

  1. ^Fantel, Hans (24 March 1985). 'Sound; a Flat Loudspeaker Delivers Well-Rounded Music'. The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ^Guttenberg, Steve. 'Are you ready for bona-fide high-end speakers for $650 a pair?'. CNet. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ^Guttenberg, Steve. 'The radically different Magnepan .7 speakers'. CNet. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  4. ^Jeffries, Maurice. 'The Wonderful Magneplanar 1.7i Loudspeakers'. positive-feedback. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ^Soo, Constantine. 'Magnepan 3.7i full-range ribbon/quasi-ribbon panel'. DaGoGo. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. ^Howard, Keith. 'Magnepan Magneplanar 20.7 loudspeaker'. hifinews. Retrieved Apr 1, 2018.
  7. ^Martens, Chris. 'Magnepan 30.7 four‑panel dipolar planar loudspeaker system'. Hi-Fi+. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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