Vintage Magnepan

fredv
fredv Posts: 923
edited July 2005 in Vintage Speakers
Hi,

I wonder whether this is worth to fix:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5790302983&category=14993&rd=1
if the final bid is < $50?

Thanks,

-fredv-
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2005
    PASS....if it isn't clear, worthless.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited July 2005
    put the keyboard down and step away from the auction sir! :D

    definitly heed Doro's advise, looks like it was used for flamethrower target practice, friggin shame
    Living Room 2 Channel -
    Schiit SYS Passive Pre. Jolida CD player. Songbird streamer. California Audio Labs Sigma II DAC, DIY 300as1/a1 Ice modules Class D amp. LSi15 with MM842 woofer upgrade, Nordost Blue Heaven and Unity interconnects.

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    Prometheus Ref. TVC passive pre, SAE A-205 Amp, Wiim pro streamer and Topping E50 DAC, California Audio Labs DX1 CD player, Von Schweikert VR3.5 speakers.

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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited July 2005
    On the other hand, Magnepan might take pity on your foolishness and fix it for you at a reasonable price, or not!
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by dkg999
    On the other hand, Magnepan might take pity on your foolishness and fix it for you at a reasonable price, or not!

    The not part is more likely, shipping to MN and back would be at least $150 before repairs were made. Then they require you to ship in the original boxes (anoth $75 or so) so you're out $225 without parts or labor... If you had other maggies in house, I would buy this on the cheap to experiment on and to test repairs ONLY. I would never plan on bringing them all the way back to life.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • fredv
    fredv Posts: 923
    edited July 2005
    I am convinced that it not worth to repair. Second thought, the tweeter looks like a ribbon. If the ribbon is in good shape, can it be used for the Carver? If so, maybe it is worth $20?? Rebuilding a ribbon is about $350!!

    -fredv-
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited July 2005
    Magnepan won't repair anything that old. Even if they have repair kits available (doubtful), the Tympani series are not as user friendly for the DIYer as the MG series.

    It's sad to see those in such a state. The Tympanis were the first Maggies I ever heard. The jazz combo I played with in the early 70s used them for sound reinforcement in small venues. I bought my MG-Is (first run) direct from Frank after falling in love with the Tympani sound.

    Those are, as others have stated, vintage junk. Too bad.
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