Magnepan 3.7i Magneplanar Speakers - Planar Magnetic Audiophile

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Magnepan 3.7i Magneplanar Speakers - Planar Magnetic Audiophile
Here is a great pair of speakers from Magnepan - the 3.7i. They are in very good cosmetic condition and work perfectly.
Review Excerpt from The Absolute Sound (Martins, 2014):
Although I have never owned a pair of the original 3.7s, I have spent many, many hours listening critically to that speaker,  so that I base my comments on those prior listening experiences.
First, the 3.7i does everything the 3.7 did: I provides realistic soundstage scale (especially in the height dimension), excellent resolution and focus, truly impressive top-to-bottom coherency, astonishingly good bass energy and extension (especially so for a dipolar loudspeaker), and very good dynamics (assuming you own an amplifier that can put out substantial power into a 4-Ohm load).
What, then, does the 3.7i bring to the party that the 3.7 did not? I would say the difference is one that the ear picks up almost immediately (registering the change on an almost instinctive, “Ahh, that sounds
right
” level), though it can take a while for the mind to catch up and begin to describe what is different and better, and why. In essence, through the upper midrange and lower treble, the 3.7i sounds noticeably more relaxed and at ease with itself than the 3.7 did. As a consequence, the 3.7i also seems to present a slightly lower noise floor, meaning low-level textural and transient details sound clearer  and are easier to hear. Neither of these were areas where the 3.7 seemed flawed, but both are areas where the 3.7i sounds noticeably superior.
Perhaps as a direct result of these improvements, I have so far found that the 3.7i does an unusually good job of creating soundstages so precisely three-dimensional that they seem, at times, almost to wrap
around
the listener, so that some musical information appears to originate from the sides of the listener (and not just from the front of the listener). Many very high-quality loudspeakers do what I call “wraparound soundstaging” some of the time, but the 3.7i’s do it much more often than most. I don’t really have any technical explanation for why this happens, but I consider it to be one of the speaker’s particular strengths and a characteristic that–on many good recordings–makes for a much more immersive listening experience.
Part of what is so musically satisfying about the jump up to the 3.7i is the fact that the new model now does two good things that, in many competing designs, seem almost mutually exclusive: namely, it sounds more relaxed (which always makes music sound and “feel” more natural), yet it also makes details easier to discern (but with a reduction—not an increase—in perceived brightness and potential edginess). This is precisely the sort of “have your cake and eat it, too” sonic improvement that I find most appealing and my guess is that you will appreciate it, too.
3.7 Specifications
Freq. Resp.
35Hz- 40 kHz
Sensitivity
86dB/500Hz /2.83v
Impedance
4 Ohm
Dimensions
24 x 71 x 1.625 inches
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Included:
Magnepan 3.7i Magneplanar Speakers
Not Included:
Original Packaging, Manual, Spikes
History:
Single Loving Audiophile Owner / Non Smoker.
Physical Condition
Very Good - minor scratches and blemishes on stands
Working Condition:
Perfect
Voltage:
-
Shipping Method:
Flat Rate Shipping
Shipping Weight:
USA: Flat Rate 0
International: Flat Rate 0
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