Magnepan Centre Channel Speaker - Black




 Part No.  CC5/B
 Description  Magnepan Centre Channel Speaker - Black
 Brand  Magnepan
 RRP  $2999
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 Product Notes  

 

The CC5 is the "trickle-down" of the technology from our flag ship CCR center channel speaker. . The CC5 employs a horizontal, curved quasi-ribbon midrange/tweeter and quasi-ribbon super-tweeter. No dynamic woofers are employed. When used with a flexible bass management system or Magneplanar Woofer, the illusion of a large Magneplanar in the center is possible for the most important speaker in a system.home theater

An experienced Maggie reviewer, Michael Trei, Sound + Vision, November 2010 said it best---

"No matter what type of movie I played, dialogue clarity was always exemplary. I would rate the CC 5 as the most focused and transparent center channel speaker I've yet encountered, with none of the off-axis frequency response anomalies you hear with some dynamic models. The CC5 was able to lock the dialogue to the center of the screen with razor-sharp precision over a wide arc of listening positions, and it made even voices buried way down in the mix easy to comprehend."

This was no easy task. All speaker companies must deal with the same issues for home theater. The space and height available for the center channel speaker is dictated by the video. For a speaker designer, it is the equivalent of "tying one arm behind their back." The center channel speaker does approximately 60-70% of the "heavy lifting". It is ironic that the most important speaker for home theater has major design constraints. Most ribbon and electrostatic speaker companies employ a dynamic midbass coupler to cover the range between the subwoofer and the ribbon or electrostatic driver. In our opinion, that is an unacceptable compromise for the most important speaker in the home theater system. Magnepan employs the front left/right speakers or the DWM Bass Panels to achieve full range Maggie sound for the center channel (See the CC 5 or CCR manuals).

 

CC5 specifications
Description 2-Way, Quasi-Ribbon Midrange/Tweeter and Quasi-Ribbon Super-Tweeter.
Freq. Resp. 200-20kHz
Rec. Power Read Frequently Asked Questions
Sensitivity 88dB/500Hz/1 meter /2.83v
Impedance 3 Ohms
Dimensions 36 x 10.5 x 5.5
The Magneplanar CC5 is available in off-white, black and gray fabrics, and natural or black solid oak trim, and dark solid cherry.