Magnepan 30.7 Demo

[Mike]

Attending a demo of the Maggie 30.7’s today. Having owned 5 pairs of Maggie’s, I’m VERY familiar with Magnepan.

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[joeinid]

OMG!


Ray, look!!!!

 

[Sean]

Haven’t had the chance to hear Maggie’s yet. How did the demo go, Mike?


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[Mike]

Haven’t had the chance to hear Maggie’s yet. How did the demo go, Mike?


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Still here. I don’t feel I can comment as I know how hard these events are to put on.

I’ve been walking around the room asking people their opinions and taking notes. I’ll share those if people really want.

There are many forum members here. Maybe they will comment as well.


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[nicoff]

Thanks!!
Waiting to hear your (and their) comments!
PS. Huge room. I bet the 30.7s like that!

 

[Rayooo]

OMG!


Ray, look!!!!

I'm getting the sense that the demos thus far have less than impressive. I'm invited to see them in NJ sometime in the coming months. (not sure exactly when yet) I'll definitely have a listen. BUT, I don't really think I'd be able to make them work in my room.

 

[Mike]

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[NorthStar]

I like it, everything I see in the pictures, I can hear sweet music coming through, with two thumbs up.

 

[Ritmo]

I was able to attend the demo. It was good to finally see and listen to the Magnepan 30.7s. As a former Magnepan happy owner, I had been looking forward to this event.

The 30.7s are as large as I expected. They do require a lot of real estate to be setup properly. The blue and white color combination is not my cup of tea but Magnepan offers quite a few finishes so, ultimately, I’m sure just about every taste level can be satisfied.

In terms of fit and finish, the front of the speakers looks well built and finished. However, to me, the rear of the speakers does not have the quality finish of what I would consider to be a finished product; specially for $30K. Each speaker has rows of screws and stables that are very visible around the ribbon tweeters holding the speaker fabric.

In in terms of sound, they can play loud! The 30.7s present a very large soundstage. However, the room was not very friendly to the system setup. Bass and mid bass where lacking. I would want to hear these speakers again in the right setting before forming a final opinion.

Lastly, the Magnepan road show continues across the country. This program shows a commitment by the company to their dealer network and requires significant resources and time to execute. I wonder if resources would be better used by setting up the appropriate sized rooms with the right ancillaries at Axpona, Audiofest and Florida Expo. Just three venues that would have thousands of audiophiles see and experience the 30.7s correctly.

My 2 cents.

 

[NorthStar]

It looks very nice outside thru the window; the trees (pine), the water, the fountain, the blue sky.

One screw is missing on the back of one bass panels. No big deal, it's somewhere. The color I don't mind...blue trims, the room is big, good, it's an hotel room or a convention room so it's normal, and it has to be big, behind, aside and in front. I bet you hear less of the boxes with these and more the air around. I bet with the lights off and in a professionally tuned room they are among the best sounding for the money.

Of course with the right amplification and the right turntable/tonearm/cartridge setup. I bet you can put a chamber music quartet between and you would get a unique ressemblance of the live music reproduced, a verisimilitude.
Even a Steinway piano would fit in between.

* I don't see no turntable. What was the music playing?

 

[nicoff]

....

Lastly, the Magnepan road show continues across the country. This program shows a commitment by the company to their dealer network and requires significant resources and time to execute. I wonder if resources would be better used by setting up the appropriate sized rooms with the right ancillaries at Axpona, Audiofest and Florida Expo. Just three venues that would have thousands of audiophiles see and experience the 30.7s correctly.

My 2 cents.

Judging by the accounts of listeners at different dealer facilities, I totally agree that getting these speakers in a properly set up room at the big audio shows would be much better (and cost effective for MG). From the pictures, I can see about 20 folks. At any audio show, you can expect several hundreds folks. The right set up will eliminate all the talk about dealer rooms not properly set up which per your account seems to have been an issue this time (bass).

 

[a.wayne]

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Wow , thats really a bad setup ....

 

[Kingrex]

I heard the 20.7 and 30.7. The 20.7 with Audio Research was AMAZING. The 30.7 with D Agostino was not my favorite, the 20.7 with tubes driving had that growl. They just ripped it up and put on a show. The 30.7 was solid state were crystal clear and very linear in their presentation. For some reason that did not excite me. To this day I am not sure if it was more a speaker or amplifier pairing that influence my perception. I am very much a tube guy so take it for what that is worth. When I heard the 30.7 wirh solid state behind it, there were many people walking out of the room very pleased with what they heard.

 

[Joseph R.]

I was at the demo today. My opinion is strictly face value. I will make no mention of the room or the electronics. Assuming the manufacturer and the reputable dealer knew what they were doing. The Maggie 30.7 was void of beauty. No selections solicited any emotion (from me). I have heard more credible bass and better imaging from a decent two-way bookshelf speaker. I’m sorry but I cannot excuse the flaws of the 30.7’s at a price tag of $30K. Nuff said.

 

[Alpinist]

I was able to attend the demo. It was good to finally see and listen to the Magnepan 30.7s. As a former Magnepan happy owner, I had been looking forward to this event.

The 30.7s are as large as I expected. They do require a lot of real estate to be setup properly. The blue and white color combination is not my cup of tea but Magnepan offers quite a few finishes so, ultimately, I’m sure just about every taste level can be satisfied.

In terms of fit and finish, the front of the speakers looks well built and finished. However, to me, the rear of the speakers does not have the quality finish of what I would consider to be a finished product; specially for $30K. Each speaker has rows of screws and stables that are very visible around the ribbon tweeters holding the speaker fabric.

In in terms of sound, they can play loud! The 30.7s present a very large soundstage. However, the room was not very friendly to the system setup. Bass and mid bass where lacking. I would want to hear these speakers again in the right setting before forming a final opinion.

Lastly, the Magnepan road show continues across the country. This program shows a commitment by the company to their dealer network and requires significant resources and time to execute. I wonder if resources would be better used by setting up the appropriate sized rooms with the right ancillaries at Axpona, Audiofest and Florida Expo. Just three venues that would have thousands of audiophiles see and experience the 30.7s correctly.

My 2 cents.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your observations! I look forward to hearing the 30.7’s locally, hopefully with a better setup.

Best,
Ken

 

[AJ Soundfield]

The usual suspects.
Wanted to go bigly, but neither retired nor a 1%er like Mike, so now way I was leaving work at 4p in crush hour traffic and making it from east Tampa to Clearwater, never mind the evening rainstorms..
Ok, not just my imagination, seems they normally flank the main panels with the bass panels on outside https://www.google.com/search?q=Mag...ved=0ahUKEwivkPqJrP7cAhXEwVkKHemgC0UQ_AUICygC
Not sure why the reverse, but not my setup. Can't help but wonder with the mentioned (mid?)bass issues though.

cheers,

AJ

 

[mep]

I was at the demo today. My opinion is strictly face value. I will make no mention of the room or the electronics. Assuming the manufacturer and the reputable dealer knew what they were doing. The Maggie 30.7 was void of beauty. No selections solicited any emotion (from me). I have heard more credible bass and better imaging from a decent two-way bookshelf speaker. I’m sorry but I cannot excuse the flaws of the 30.7’s at a price tag of $30K. Nuff said.

How do you know you were hearing the "flaws of the 30.7s" vice hearing the flaws of the room and the gear? You said you will make no mention of the room or the electronics, but yet you have no problem ascribing all of the issues you heard to the 30.7s. That doesn't make sense to me. And no, I don't own Magnepan speakers.

 

[brad225]

I attended yesterday as well.
I had not heard a pair of Maggies since the late 70's early 80's and was looking forward to another opportunity.

The were fed by all Electrocompaniet electronics.

I will also say that the room and set up was in no way a fair representation of what these speakers can probably do.

The suggestion was that you can stand up and listen since a line source creates an even distribution of sound. For me the sound stage started at about 5' above the floor and went up when standing.
The sound stage as presented was huge and for me not proportioned well. A 20' sax may sound that way but I have yet to see one.

I commented, as AJ just mentioned my supprise at the bass panels being on the inside of the mid/high panels.

I would very much like to hear them in better setting.

Thanks to Brian for the work he put in to give us an chance to listen to them.

 

[mep]

I attended yesterday as well.
I had not heard a pair of Maggies since the late 70's early 80's and was looking forward to another opportunity.

The were fed by all Electrocompaniet electronics.

I will also say that the room and set up was in no way a fair representation of what these speakers can probably do.

The suggestion was that you can stand up and listen since a line source creates an even distribution of sound. For me the sound stage started at about 5' above the floor and went up when standing.
The sound stage as presented was huge and for me not proportioned well. A 20' sax may sound that way but I have yet to see one.

I commented, as AJ just mentioned my supprise at the bass panels being on the inside of the mid/high panels.

I would very much like to hear them in better setting.

Thanks to Brian for the work he put in to give us an chance to listen to them.

We need Jim Smith to take a look at pictures of the room and tell us everything wrong that he sees.

 

[AJ Soundfield]

We need Jim Smith to take a look at pictures of the room and tell us everything wrong that he sees.

Well for one thing the potted plants need to be on audiophile footers. Can't have them resting directly on the carpet with dielectric effects and all that mumbo jumbo.