On Monday, January 13, 2014 2:30:43 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:


I've a pair of Magnepan electrostatic speakers that were given to me by
a friend breaking up his household after a nasty divorce. They're
hooked up with a pretty decent subwoofer. The array suits me.

Magnepans can sound very good, but they require massive amounts of power (current) from an amplifier that can drive a low impedance, and they do require a subwoofer.

I have a friend with a pair of them, driven in a bi-amp configuration with over $6k worth of hi-end amps, plus pre-amps, etc. Great sound, but costly.

Oh, and technically, Magnepans aren't electrostatics. They are dipole magna-planars.