Should I get the Magnepan 20.7 ?

the professor said:
I've been reading this thread and the Maggie's and O96s are soooo different. I just don't know how somebody could make this decision.

Good luck.
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Jock. Just want to clarify , I'm not comparing on those two speakers. I'm debating which way to go. Thanks.
 
dlb2 said:
Paul, get the Maggie's first, because you'll need time to decide on whether a pair of these;

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or a pair of these;

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will go with the O/96's. :exciting:
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Excellent Idea ! I'm going to the dealer this Friday to check out the O/96 :exciting:
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
Good to know Kev. Let me see if I can sell one of my speakers first. :)

BTW Can you compare the 20.7 VS Strads ?
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Now that is a hard one! Lets see, in my own space I had the McIntosh 2301 monos, Bryston 28bsst2 monos, MSB S200 amp & SGR Audio 300 monos on the Strads. To my way of hearing the amps are mentioned in the order of warmer to neutral. The Strads lean towards a warmer voiced enclosure & are therefore not as revealing to what is upstream as much as the 20.7's are, as they have their own sound, in as such!
The Maggies are a neutral speaker, which a lot of people don't realise, but, they are very easily swayed with jumpers, cables, amps, isolation etc. The voicing of a certain amplifier/preamp is very evident with the 20.7's as opposed to the Strads where the signature would not be so prominent as of that warmer mid range for the voicing/tuning of them when made.
If tomorrow I was given all my money back & was told to choose it again, knowing what I know now & the sound I can get from both, I'd end up having what I have now as I know the sound that I want & I know how to get it/tune them with components & cable to achieve it. I haven't finished with the fit-out yet & will achieve an absolutely coherent, balanced, musical system that is dynamic, not fatiguing, voiced accurately that has a lovely golden aura of aural pleasure about it.....tsk tsk, you'll have to wait & see. ;)
 
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