Gary,
One of my bands used the AMT1's for the highs; 2 on each side with no crossover, powered by Phase Linear amps. They went up to 22,000 Hz. Were your Heils the transmission line variety or did they have front-facing woofers?
The Magnaplaners had a really nice, open sound, but they were a little lacking in highs and lows. A friend had a pair that he teamed up with a pair of Heil transmission lines, powered by a Phase Linear for the top and bottom ends.
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm <gabru@...> wrote:
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> Hi Bernie,
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> I had a Nakamichi 550 cassette deck that wad an excellent portable deck for recording live. It was the very first thing I bought on credit when I was a kid.
> I had the ESS Studio Monitors with the Heil AMT (Air Motion Tranformers) and 2 12's (one passive, one active).....very nice sounding until you pushed the real hard.
> I had Magnaplanars on load for a while and like the Quad's they were very open sounding and great for Jazz or Classical.
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> g
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tron400
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 4:38 AM
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> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Marantz 2230 restoration
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> For about a year, I worked in a local stereo chain that had a pro audio department. Between the home and pro sections, some of the brands they were pushing were:
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> Nakamichi cassette decks
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> Heil speakers
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> Magnapan and Magnaplanar speakers
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> They don't seem to get much mention in audiophile discussions. Anyone familiar with them?
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> Oh yeah, they also had their own synthesizer: Electrocomp.
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> Bernie
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