I think the Magnat Plasma tweeter has never beensold in the US market . I remember in 1985, I called Magnat regarding buying a pair of these, but they say they can not sell these in US because it runs pretty hot and can easily catch fire or cause injury. But if there is anyone who owns a pair of these, I really like to hear their opinion.
PhCATuan wrote: > I think the Magnat Plasma tweeter has never beensold in the US market . I > remember in 1985, I called Magnat regarding buying a pair of these, but they > say they can not sell these in US because it runs pretty hot and can easily > catch fire or cause injury. But if there is anyone who owns a pair of these, I > really like to hear their opinion.
Sounds like they have characteristics of the perfect audio component: dangerous and unobtainable :-) BTW, does anyone have an address/phone number for Magnat?
I heard them at CES many years ago, they sound like crap. Clean but whispy, with a very disjointed, incoherent response. They put out some interesting looking smoke though.
Randy Nachtrieb Enlightened Audio New Art Loudspeakers
> > I think the Magnat Plasma tweeter has never beensold in the US market . I > > remember in 1985, I called Magnat regarding buying a pair of these, but they > > say they can not sell these in US because it runs pretty hot and can easily > > catch fire or cause injury. But if there is anyone who owns a pair of these, I > > really like to hear their opinion.
> Sounds like they have characteristics of the perfect audio component: dangerous > and unobtainable :-) > BTW, does anyone have an address/phone number for Magnat?
Damn! I remember these! I burned the HELL out of my fingers at CES many years ago by accident on one of these things. But they sounded good and looked COOL in a dark room. I think they also generated a lot of ozone if memory serves me correctly.
> I heard them at CES many years ago, they sound like crap. Clean but >whispy, with a very disjointed, incoherent response. They put out some >interesting looking smoke though.
> Randy Nachtrieb > Enlightened Audio > New Art Loudspeakers
Are you sure that it was the Plasma tweeter? or was it the sphere tweeter of Dr. Siegfried Klein developped for Magnat?
> It definitely was a plasma tweeter, but it was a metal ball with many > holes.
> Regards,
> Randy Nachtrieb
They where not imported to the U.S.A. Because They burn oxygen one of the by products was ozone, it has a peculiar odor. At the time the gov. thought the level was to high. I would think at this time it would be OK. Before, the gov. would not allow negative Ion generators to be sold, they had the same problem. They will not play without the metal ball on top. Marc
