Dusty Chalk Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Actually, NXT almost exclusively licensed their technology as far as I know (maybe they were some sort of subsidiary to one or the other? I dono): Sonic Impact: link link NEC: link Toyota: link Logitech: link Lots more: link google Obviously, they would come in a variety of qualities with that sort of (quantity) output. I don't have high hopes for the speakers built into the CD cases to sound any good, so the question was more along the lines of the higher end ones -- the $300 ones disguised as works of art, etc. Or if there were any manifestations that were any good. I'm very curious about the Cyrus ones. (And I actually wrote to the company to find out who made that rack in that one picture.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
909 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 my monsoon planar speakers (MM-1000) had what some other people have reported on the net to be adhesive problems due to age/implementation, which made them buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 random OT question but does anyone know anything about these? FS: Cambridge SoundWorks - SoundWorks Amplified Multimedia/Computer Speaker System - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I had those way back in JHS. Bought them on sale from CA for $100. They weren't bad at all, but I had very different standards than now, so I don't have much input. I had a friend buy a pair too, and we eventually merged them into a 4.2 setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hmm, so I guess they're a pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Anyone know any more info on the Magnepan desktop speakers? All news about them seems to have dropped off since CES. If it's not going to be available for awhile, I may have to keep on the lookout for an MM-702... I think I've caught the speaker bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I was actually looking into that last week. I found another set of similar speakers that might work. The Eminent Technology is the company that licensed the planar computer speaker technology to Monsoon in the first place. The LFT-11 seems to be a good fit for computer usage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 The only price I've seen is $900 MSRP, which is kind of a completely different price-range than the Monsoons/what I'm looking for. There's also very little info on them and it's hard to find a place to audition them. I'd probably shoehorn an MMG in my room at that point, even if it ended up sounding like crap. Thanks for the info, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 No problem. If you get the monsoons, I would love to hear your impressions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 The only price I've seen is $900 MSRP, which is kind of a completely different price-range than the Monsoons/what I'm looking for. There's also very little info on them and it's hard to find a place to audition them. I'd probably shoehorn an MMG in my room at that point, even if it ended up sounding like crap. Thanks for the info, though. From the rumors the mini Maggies and sub weren't going to be budget pricing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 There has been like no talk of the mini maggies since CES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 There was some talk on AA but like Deepak said, they aren't budget speakers. Get some MMG's if you want cheap planar goodness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Yay, won me a pair of Monsoon MM-1000s on the bay (local). The seller mentions that one of the speakers distorts at "certain frequencies and volumes" - so what sort of repairs should I be prepared to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Yay, won me a pair of Monsoon MM-1000s on the bay (local). The seller mentions that one of the speakers distorts at "certain frequencies and volumes" - so what sort of repairs should I be prepared to do? Sounds like it may be related to the adhesive problem mentioned in the threads, though I dunno what you can use to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 I got the speakers, and the problem is a bit worse than I had anticipated. But then again it should be repairable; it looks like the problem is caused by the coating on the magnets peeling off, so all I need now is some L shaped wire to scrape the magnets... I hope. The hiss is quite annoying though, but I can't complain since I got it for $30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Little update, I've gotten rid of the buzzing after 2 hours of scraping and picking at the magnets with a pair of tweezers and a bent staple bullet, and they sound pretty good... once I ditched the amp that came with it at least (yes I would rather listen to the sats without any bass than to wire the sats to that POS). Now I have a little problem; I like my bass but I don't like the sub. How do I replace it? The sats are supposed to be flat to 1000 Hz but they roll off quite quickly beyond that (Monsoon made it flat-ish to 250 Hz with EQ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 How about making a planar woofer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Lol, how large would something like that need to be? I barely have enough space for a regular sub/midbass as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 You need panel area to make truly deep bass but for something like 200Hz you could get away with something small(er). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsMarkelson Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 (edited) Anyone know any more info on the Magnepan desktop speakers? All news about them seems to have dropped off since CES. +1 bump, no sign of them on the Magnepan website even today. Just found this Nearly unnoticed at the other end of the room were the mini-Maggies that JA wrote about in our 2009 CES report, finally ready to be shipped. These are essentially miniature MG3.6s, with a true ribbon tweeter and quasi-ribbon midrange and bass drivers, combined with a Magnepan woofer/subwoofer module to create a very compact three-piece system. I listened to both as a computer speaker and as a satellite/subwoofer system in a normal room layout. It works beautifully in both applications and will likely be priced in the $2k/pair region as well, which makes for an interesting question; in a smallish listening room like mine, which is the better approach, the quasi-ribbon 1.7 or the mini-Maggie 3-piece system? Edited June 11, 2010 by LarsMarkelson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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