Magnepan MG20.7R Loudspeakers

Real World Loudspeaker.

This is a premium Magnepan Planar Magnetic Loudspeaker design...it results in a dynamic force of musical enjoyment. This Maggies magical ability is to transport you to a different space and time...

20.7 Value at the extremes

It had a modest beginning with the 1.7. ("Okay, that worked. Now, let's try it with the 3.7.") New ideas don't necessarily have to start from the top and trickle down. In the case of the 20.7, it was "trickle-up".

The Maggie 3.7 continues the tradition established by the venerable 3.6. The Absolute Sound reviewer Jacob Heilbrunn owned 20.1s for 10 years and went on the record to assert that the new 20.7 is the rightful heir to the 20.1.

Perhaps you have owned Maggies for many years. Are you considering something even better? Typically, you are not rich--nor do you care about status. The music is what it is all about--and your older Maggies have served you well. Now you have the means to consider what you have always dreamed about.

But, is there value at these prices? We are like you. We are middle-income and frugal. The price of a 3.7 seems like A LOT of money. We can't relate to some of the equipment in Stereophile or The Absolute Sound. We would prefer to buy a new house for that kind of money. So, what is the justification for a speaker as expensive as the 20.7? Good question.

How do you go about making buying decisions? Information on the Internet is readily available, but the opportunity to experience many high-end products has become increasingly more difficult, including the Magnepan range.

All of us will have to get more creative.

We have an additional proposal.

Audiophiles intending to buy speakers at these price points will often travel to a regional audio show before making such a large purchase. We suggest one more trip.

Call us to arrange a visit to Mcleans in East Gosford. We will play you the MG20.7 with similar electronics to the system that so impressed Jacob Heilbrunn.

The round trip time and expenses will seem like a steal in comparison to the many thousands of dollars that you will save. As Jacob Heilbrunn wrote in his review --

"I defy you to find [a speaker] at up to five times the cost with the scale and realism of the 20.7."

And as Dick Olsher of Stereophile magazine asserts:

The impossible problem for a conventional speaker, then, is this: how to convince you it's a grand piano when the instrument's full acoustic power is being squeezed through an 8" woofer. When I close my eyes and try to conjure up an image size, a planar speaker reproduces piano, double-bass, cello and human voice with much more spatial conviction than is possible with a conventional dynamic speaker. It's true--a planar makes a recorded piano sound more like a real piano.

(Magneplanar MG-20 Review, Side Bar in Stereophile, Page 8, February, 1995)