bhobba Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Hi All Well, after a long wait, my Magnesium Limited's are now finished. I had a listen to them a while ago now but have not got around to writing it up. Well there is nothing to be said except they are the finest speaker Mike has yet build, and I have ever heard. Its strengths are speed and crystal clear transparency, like a window to the performance. I heard things in familiar recordings I never heard before. A number of people have now heard it and were equally impressed. Needless to say Mike is very happy and has been giving thought to a new speaker based on mine. But he is best to speak about that. Please do go down to Mike's if you can and have a listen. It's a bit different to Mike's usual speakers, being of a more crystalline clarity than organic kind of sound. There will be a GTG to hear it, but no date has been set. Feel free to suggest a date. Thanks Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie Adam Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) @bhobba Can you share any pictures? Edited February 24, 2020 by Somethingclever Added name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhobba Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 There are some pictures here: Thanks Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 9 hours ago, bhobba said: There are some pictures here: Thanks Bill So what was the finish in the end, Bill? High gloss? what colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhobba Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) Radiant ebony. Mike made a special stand containing the external crossover on a special spring platform he uses in all his speakers these days. When he rang me to tell me he had completed tuning and burning in, he said he was very impressed with the final result, so impressed he wants to design a speaker using the new SEAS magnesium driver coated with Graphene that helps with the breakup that is very difficult to control in the crossover. It took Mike many tries over a number of years to get it just right. I think Mike can comment on anything else. My speaker will be down at Mike's so anyone can hear it. Anyone got any ideas on when to hold the GTG? Thanks Bill Edited February 25, 2020 by bhobba 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gieseler Audio Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Had a listen to these the other day at Mike's. OMG - totally amazing. I'm in full agreement with Bill. The best sounding of all Mike's speakers for sure. Only one problem - the crossover is actually bigger than the speaker. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie Adam Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 @Lenehan Audio can you get a couple of pics up of the finished product please? Would surely love to see the end product as I have been reading about these for years!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) Well, well, well - great news! @bhobba and @Gieseler Audio - I trust your ears - this is great news. Have to hear them now. Edited February 28, 2020 by Jventer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted February 28, 2020 Volunteer Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 25/02/2020 at 4:21 AM, bhobba said: There are some pictures here: Thanks Bill That's from 2015! You have the patience of a saint @bhobba Add me to the list of people who'd love to see pics of the completed speakers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhobba Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 Hi All I think Mike is a bit busy right now. He said he wanted to a post about the new speaker he wants to design, but as can be seen he hasn't yet so I will ring him Monday. Thanks Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anandpkumar Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Congratulations mate! You are one patient man - it seems from the 'linked' post that these speakers have been in the making since 2015!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Soap Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 New radiant ebony Magnesium Ltd from Lenehan?! Give the masses what they want and show us some pics of the finished speakers fellas! Congrats Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremrock Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 09/03/2020 at 3:41 PM, anandpkumar said: Congratulations mate! You are one patient man - it seems from the 'linked' post that these speakers have been in the making since 2015!! Mike has never been known as a speedy designer.. But i've had 3 sets of speakers in that time, so agree Bills pretty crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljmac Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 25/2/2020 at 2:42 AM, bhobba said: Please do go down to Mike's if you can and have a listen. It's a bit different to Mike's usual speakers, being of a more crystalline clarity than organic kind of sound. Wow! It's seriously hard to imagine anything clearer than my ML2 Limiteds - I certainly haven't heard anything that is. Will have to hear them! I must say though that I do love the 'organic' quality of the HDS drivers - such an amazingly natural tonality, which is important to me. I also love the fact that they're so vice-free - I'm sure more exotic drivers are better in one area or another, but the HDS are such excellent all-rounders. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie Adam Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Here is a pic of Bill's Mag Limiteds next to a pair of ML2s. And just to clarify this will not be the new model available from @Lenehan Audio Edited March 24, 2020 by Somethingclever 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinm1 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 the first thing I thought of when seeing the new pic was ! wouldn't it be nice if mike made a bass section to suite the mags ok bit like the wilson watt design ,with a lenehan twist and did youall read the review on his speaker cable that was posted on sna the other week ? compared to the siltech triple crown,...……...not too much in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, colinm1 said: the first thing I thought of when seeing the new pic was ! wouldn't it be nice if mike made a bass section to suite the mags ok bit like the wilson watt design ,with a lenehan twist and did youall read the review on his speaker cable that was posted on sna the other week ? compared to the siltech triple crown,...……...not too much in it I think Mike has venture in to that design area in the past. I heard some monsters that were of that kind of configuration that he designed years ago, the big bottom enclosure looking after bass with a T-M-T enclosure on top, or was it T- M, I can't remember, but they did sound impressive to me at the time. Edited April 4, 2020 by muon* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie Adam Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 58 minutes ago, colinm1 said: read the review on his speaker cable Hi, can you post the link? Had a quick look and couldn't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinm1 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 highfidelity.pl/@main-991&lang=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinm1 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 45 minutes ago, muon* said: I think Mike has venture in to that design area in the past. I heard some monsters that were of that kind of configuration that he designed years ago, the big bottom enclosure looking after bass with a T-M-T enclosure on top, or was it T- M, I can't remember, but they did sound impressive to me at the time. the watts had 1 cable into the bass speaker .as david Wilson did not believe in bi amping,specially for this design then the puppy tail went to the tiny tot where it had a crossover to split the mid and tweeter, the bass had a crossover to split the bass out only I believe and sent the rest to the tiny tot, all encapsulated in epoxy with only a fused resistor visible to protect the tweeter the big advantage in this design is the maker can adjust the slope so enough mids can still come through the bass to give body to the sound,or fleshed out owner has no adjustment ,which is good ,in many cases, the wilsons were known for their seamless integration of the drivers with the lenehan's being such a great speaker,the only small downfall would be the bass , there is only so much you can do in this area, without destroying the balance, BUT adding a bass box is not that easy ,to integrate specially into an existing design I used a special home made bladder between the bass and the tiny tots , the results were stunning to say the least, but time alignment also had to be addressed,which I did, I have used some heavy weight speaker cables in the past but now use mike latest im still running in the ic's,but they also sound promising to replace my 6k cables 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 51 minutes ago, colinm1 said: the watts had 1 cable into the bass speaker .as david Wilson did not believe in bi amping,specially for this design then the puppy tail went to the tiny tot where it had a crossover to split the mid and tweeter, the bass had a crossover to split the bass out only I believe and sent the rest to the tiny tot, all encapsulated in epoxy with only a fused resistor visible to protect the tweeter the big advantage in this design is the maker can adjust the slope so enough mids can still come through the bass to give body to the sound,or fleshed out owner has no adjustment ,which is good ,in many cases, the wilsons were known for their seamless integration of the drivers with the lenehan's being such a great speaker,the only small downfall would be the bass , there is only so much you can do in this area, without destroying the balance, BUT adding a bass box is not that easy ,to integrate specially into an existing design I used a special home made bladder between the bass and the tiny tots , the results were stunning to say the least, but time alignment also had to be addressed,which I did, I have used some heavy weight speaker cables in the past but now use mike latest im still running in the ic's,but they also sound promising to replace my 6k cables I'm not sure how Mike configured the XO's in those speakers I mentioned that I heard years ago, but we could expect something that was well implemented. I can imagine the new cables are very nice, I managed to get some used RibbonTek's and am impressed with them and his latest FoiolFlex are likely noticeably better again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhobba Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 04/04/2020 at 11:20 AM, colinm1 said: the first thing I thought of when seeing the new pic was ! wouldn't it be nice if mike made a bass section to suite the mags I got a then state of the art subwoofer from Martin Logan to go with them. It's not quite SOTA anymore, but was shocked at the bass coming out of these things. You have to hear it to believe it. No subwoofer need for me anyway. IMHO the bass is better than ML2's. Mike's working feverishly during the Coronavirus outbreak on the new speakers and we may end up with GTG having the ML5, ML2, these Magnesuim's and the one Mike is working on. Thanks Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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