AR Blast from the Past?
George Grand
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The following comments were made by Anthony Cordesman in a 1986 issue of Stereophile. He is reviewing the Acoustic Research MGC-1(Magic 1) loudspeaker. I may have to find a pair of these somewhere...
You should also be aware that (a) Acoustic Research plans to make a more "affordable" version of this speaker technology available in the near future, (b) Polk SDA speakers and Carver electronics provide some of the same sonic benefits at a lower price (though using very different technologies and in a far less convincing and musically natural form), (c) leading manufacturers like Infinity are working on their own approach to ambience, and (d) some of the MGC-1's benefits offers in terms of imaging are possible with ordinary speakers through the use of the Monster Cable Acoustic Imager.
You should also be aware that (a) Acoustic Research plans to make a more "affordable" version of this speaker technology available in the near future, (b) Polk SDA speakers and Carver electronics provide some of the same sonic benefits at a lower price (though using very different technologies and in a far less convincing and musically natural form), (c) leading manufacturers like Infinity are working on their own approach to ambience, and (d) some of the MGC-1's benefits offers in terms of imaging are possible with ordinary speakers through the use of the Monster Cable Acoustic Imager.
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The speakers were $3,600 retail with not much output below 40 cycles. I still want them.
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Good luck on finding some one willing to ship those monster speakers!
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What is an Acoustic Imager???George Grand wrote: »(d) some of the MGC-1's benefits offers in terms of imaging are possible with ordinary speakers through the use of the Monster Cable Acoustic Imager.
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They are impressive looking, to be sure.
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
Does the foam act as some sort of difuser for time delay? The woofers seem to be diff distances.
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The foam absorbs any reflections that might come from the baffles. It works.
