Magneplanar 3.7i Floorstanding Speakers Oak / Off White, VGC, 3 month warranty

Here we have a pair of multi award winning loudspeakers from US specialist Magnepan. The Magneplanar 3.7i excels in scale and natural instrumentation, outperforming speakers many times its price.

The 3.7i is the first model in our floor-standing line-up to incorporate our famous ribbon tweeter along with quasi-ribbon bass and midrange drivers. First, came the 3.7.. The 3.7 is a 3-way design, like the 3.6, but, it is a full-range ribbon design, like the highly acclaimed 1.7. We are calling it "trickle-up" technology. The concepts that worked so well in the 1.7 were incorporated in the 3.7.

The 3.7 was subjected to "blind testing" by a panel of audiophiles and casual listeners. In addition to better sound, there is one more important improvement that you can test for yourself. If you have the opportunity to hear the 3.7s at your local dealer, try this experiment-Ask the dealer to place the speakers with the tweeters on the outside. Note how the imaging remains remarkably stable when seated far off-axis.

With some speakers it is necessary to sit in the "sweet spot" for good imaging. If you are too far out of the sweet spot, you will hear predominately one speaker.

With the tweeters on the outside, the 3.7 has the widest sweet spot of any of any previous Maggies. If you prefer to sit only in the "sweet spot", try the tweeters on the inside. Be sure the speakers are toed-in. In all cases, the tweeter should not be closer to the listener than the bass section.

The introduction of the 3.7 during CES 2011 was very similar to the introduction of the 1.7 during CES 2010. Then, the 3.7 became the 3.7i..

In past model improvements, driver changes and factory retooling were extensive. It is rare when improvements can be made that are audible in a blind test and do not require a major investment. So, in view of this good fortune, we chose to pass on these small improvements rather than save them for a 3.8. Will you be able to hear the difference between the 3.7 and 3.7i? Yes, in a careful A-B test, but we don't do sales hype. The 3.7i is not big from an acoustical standpoint. However, the bass driver is big. Yes, it is tall, but very narrow.

The ideal speaker would be a massless line-source that would look like a pole-from the floor to the ceiling. The 3.7i comes as close to that ideal as is possible with real-world devices. The 3.7i bass driver is the reason it is big.

Sorry, but that is what it takes to have high definition bass (We are not fans of hybrid speakers). Specifications: Description 3-Way, full-range, ribbon speaker with quasi-ribbon midrange and quasi-ribbon bass and true ribbon tweeter. 35Hz- 40 kHz Rec Power Read Frequently Asked Questions Sensitivity 86dB/500Hz /2.83v Impedance 4 Ohm Dimensions 24 x 71 x 1.625 inches. Established in 2003, 2ndhandhifi is the UKs largest stockist of used quality audio equipment. This means that all items described as.

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