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Magnat 550 and 520 Speakers

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Try talking to them. It was a trip. I might be going out to look at them, reviews on line are sparse, and sometimes only meh. Missing the grills as shown, and some veneer chips. At least today he unstacked them and identified what exactly was for sale. He had them piled on top of each other before. Dahlquist uses some of their drivers.
 
Interesting....


I need these like another hole in my head. If you get there first, more power to you. Apparently these were often sold with the Vintage 5 center channel. You may want to see if you find that kicking around.
 
His shop closes at 2:30 so not likely I will be able to get there anytime soon. He also stated he may or may not have any way to test them.
To me they look good, and I would love to try them. They would probably sound decent with my Nak and Bose. I don't care about the grills, my cats and kids don't seem too interested in poking speakers.
 
worst case, they become a DIY project. but based on appearance they look pretty solid. I wonder what ever happened to the person who was selling the PRECISE speakers locally. I wanted to try those but I wasn't going in at a hundred at the time. couldn't justify it.
 
I think the 550 may have sold. Have not seen them listed lately, just the 520. I was really curious and almost went out one weekend, but life got in the way again.
 
the Magnat 520s were just relisted at $129.

getting closer to my "snatch it for curiosity's sake" price....
 
FWIW, Magnat drivers were used in the Dahlquist DQM series for awhile.
DQM-7 and DQM9c, that I know of.
Damn fine drivers.
I don't know much about the history or if its the same company.
 
ok, i might check them out tomorrow. but if the grills are missing, i'm not doing it.

i have to pick up some VR20s in Boston anyhow. (oops!)
 
Magnat is budget gear at the level of Jamo. They mostly produce drivers for car audio. Their more appreciated brand for home audio is Canton. Although Magnat and Canton do share drivers in many models, among which some are budget car audio drivers.

Magnat is good for rockingout on a budget. Lots of young folks love them just like Cerwin-Vega, just not as powerful.
 
Pandovski said:
Magnat is budget gear at the level of Jamo. They mostly produce drivers for car audio. Their more appreciated brand for home audio is Canton. Although Magnat and Canton do share drivers in many models, among which some are budget car audio drivers.

Magnat is good for rockingout on a budget. Lots of young folks love them just like Cerwin-Vega, just not as powerful.
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Maybe now but there's nothing budget about the drivers in my Dahlquists.

Eric
 
baco99 said:
ok, i might check them out tomorrow. but if the grills are missing, i'm not doing it.

i have to pick up some VR20s in Boston anyhow. (oops!)
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Spoken like a true Audio Junkie... get yourself a fix , i can't stand to see another addict getting sick. the only cure is to score another dose of the good stuff. you're going to feel so much better once those things are in the car.

:)
 
true.

turns out the VR20 cabinets i just got were damaged badly, so i am parting them out...

if these Magnats are still kicking around next week...
 
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