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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 97761" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>Re: Say What??</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They're just a ribbon, like a ribbon mic working in reverse. They work fine, aside from the fact that they have to be physically large to reproduce LF (like anything) and therefore tend to have funny HF patterns when used as larger loudspeakers (since that HF rides on the same panel as the LF in most designs). My father in law has a pair of <a href="http://www.magnepan.com/model_MG_16" target="_blank">Magnepan 1.7s</a> and they sound quite good. Of course, in 1/6 the space I could get 6dB louder without all the pattern compromises and with greater LF extension, but they do look cool.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.getmad.com/music" target="_blank">These guys</a> make an arrayable panel loudspeaker which some have heard.</p><p></p><p>Those headphones are in the same price category of some of the <a href="http://en-us.sennheiser.com/dynamic-headphones-high-end-around-ear-hd-800" target="_blank">Sennheiser</a> and <a href="http://www.gradolabs.com/page_headphones.php?item=a33a8e366e8b62c64b0322121a086a2f" target="_blank">Grado</a> higher end pieces, which sound incredible when driven with a serious preamp and are a hell of a lot cheaper than trying to get the same level of output, extension, and fidelity in your living room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 97761, member: 4"] Re: Say What?? They're just a ribbon, like a ribbon mic working in reverse. They work fine, aside from the fact that they have to be physically large to reproduce LF (like anything) and therefore tend to have funny HF patterns when used as larger loudspeakers (since that HF rides on the same panel as the LF in most designs). My father in law has a pair of [URL="http://www.magnepan.com/model_MG_16"]Magnepan 1.7s[/URL] and they sound quite good. Of course, in 1/6 the space I could get 6dB louder without all the pattern compromises and with greater LF extension, but they do look cool. [URL="http://www.getmad.com/music"]These guys[/URL] make an arrayable panel loudspeaker which some have heard. Those headphones are in the same price category of some of the [URL="http://en-us.sennheiser.com/dynamic-headphones-high-end-around-ear-hd-800"]Sennheiser[/URL] and [URL="http://www.gradolabs.com/page_headphones.php?item=a33a8e366e8b62c64b0322121a086a2f"]Grado[/URL] higher end pieces, which sound incredible when driven with a serious preamp and are a hell of a lot cheaper than trying to get the same level of output, extension, and fidelity in your living room. [/QUOTE]
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