MG1.7x Floorstanding Speaker Pair

"This is a genuine Hall of Famer, and
an easy pick for TAS 2021 Budget Product of the Year."
In Issue 107, JV (Jonathan Valin - the absolute sound) selected Magnepan's tall, skinny, three-way, full range, quasi-ribbon, dipole MG 1.7 floorstander as one of his favorite loudspeakers of the last 70 years. High in resolution, low in distortion, with enough bass and treble (of superlatively high quality) to satisfy anyone save a headbanger, and a midrange that reproduces well-recorded voices and acoustic instruments with jaw-dropping realism, it is one of those "sweet-spot" wonders that pops up every decade or two. The 1.7 gave you a generous taste of everything its bigger and more expensive Maggie brothers were capable of for a fraction of what you'd pay for the same wonderment in a top-line dynamic speaker. In his review of Maggie's latest version of this classic, the 1.7i, long time TAS reviewer John Nork (who purchased the review pair) was in complete agreement.

...the 1.7x did a marvelous job of conveying the sense of the scale and shape of the soundstage. When the piece slows and mellows into dreamy contemplation, Wang's piano playfully tiptoes between a chamber-like orchestra that's beautifully delineated across the stage, with no sense that the sound is coming from a pair of loudspeakers. It's simply there, convincingly filling the room. With the 1.7x, there's a degree of precision, ease of delivery, upper-end extension with no edge of glassiness, as well as a bottom-end and dynamic authority that are significantly beyond what I'm used to with my 1.7i's.

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1.7x Specifications:
3-Way
Full-Range
Quasi-Ribbon
Frequency Response: 40-24 kHz
Sensitivity: 86dB/500Hz /2.83v
Impedance: 4 Ohm
Dimensions: 19" x 65" x 2"