![]() the towering Magnepan MG20, and I was there to take them off of his hands. Even with aluminum solder and good flux, it isn't easy to get a good joint. So after brief overtures with the SMGa and other non-box speakers like the. Here is where things get tricky, because the wire is enamel coated Aluminum (for light weight). Then the wire tails can be soldered to the tag strip. Once the glue is dry, an over-coat of water based adhesive is applied, per the factory instructions. The whole speaker consists of a bass/treble section of heavier gauge wire, and a slender section for high frequencies:Ī simple crossover (one inductor, one capacitor) takes care of dividing the audio between the two circuits. Once the glue is ready, It takes a steady hand to lay out the wire pattern: Apparently the inventor (Jim Winey) was a 3M employee, and on seeing Mylar film and various adhesive products he was inspired to experiment with loudspeakers. Time to embrace low resolution speaker and cartridge sound, says the AudiophiliacSteve reviews a 35 year old Magnepan SMGa speaker and a brand new Ortofon S. This weekend's other project was to replace the wiring on the tweeter panel on the SMGAsįirst job is to -carefully- strip the old wires away from the diaphragm using acetone to dissolve the adhesive layers, and clean the surface in preparation for the new wiresĪfter that, spray adhesive is applied (masking areas where this is not wanted). ![]()
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