Magnepan Magneplanar Mg 3.7i

Magnepan’s new Magneplanar MG 3.7i loudspeaker is now available in Australia from McLeans Smarter Home Entertainment. Like all Magneplanar speakers, the new MG 3.7i’s are slender flat-panel designs that are less than five centimetres thick and use Magnepan’s proprietary thin film drivers: including a true ribbon tweeter and two quasi-ribbon bass/midrange drivers. The 3.7i is a three-way design which features Magnepan’s unique 1.4-metre true ribbon tweeter but also has fast, low-distortion quasi-ribbon drivers. The ‘true ribbon’ is a 1.4 metre long ultra-thin, ultra-light ribbon of metallic foil that alone moves the air to create sound. ‘ There’s no voice coil, no cone, no surround, no box,’ said Bill McLean, of McLeans Smarter Home Entertainment. ‘ There’s nothing except the ribbon, which sets a standard in high frequency sound reproduction with its ability to reproduce a level of fine detail that would typically be masked by other systems.’ The Magneplanar quasi-ribbon design involves attaching a thin ribbon of foil to a sheet of equally thin Mylar film. ‘ The beauty of the quasi-ribbon design is that it’s is rugged and cost-effective with a very wide bandwidth allowing for use in both midrange and bass applications,’ says McLean. In the MG 3.7i, Magnepan’s patented 1.4-metre long true ribbon tweeter sits along one edge of the speaker, running the speaker’s full height, adjacent to a quasi-ribbon midrange panel, itself alongside a quasi-ribbon bass panel. This latest ‘Maggie’ is available in Black, Matt Black, Oak and Cherry wood trims plus a new Aluminium finish. Fabric options are: off-white, black and dark grey. The speakers are entirely made in America using virtually all US-made parts and pricing starts at $7,999. For further information, please contact McLeans Smarter Home Entertainment on 1300 995 448 or visit the website at www.mcleans.info