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In Reply to: RE: brain storming with Magnepan posted by wendell diller on May 29, 2009 at 13:45:11
First, thanks for your time and welcome to the Planar forum.I've owned a number of Magnepans over the years (starting in 1978).
Most recently I had a pair of MG12's for about two years. I loved them, but the high-end (yes, I know about the resistor) was just too edgy for me and eventually I replaced them with a medium/smallish sized Brit studio monitor. And no, this isn't 'I was running them with a cheap receiver and they sounded bad'. My source, for example, is a Rega Saturn.
LOTS of people (and by 'Lots' I mean everyone) tell me the same thing - 'you're running stock MG12's? Yeah, I know what you mean about the high-end hash. If you replace the crossovers it will be a different speaker. You'll be amazed'.
Gotta tell you - I absolutely believe this is true. I've never heard a modded pair, but SO MANY people I know and trust tell me this. However I don't want to a) buy a product, then b) rebuild it.
Why can't I buy an MG12A (or whatever the next one would be) for $1595 (or whatever it would be) with a better crossover and maybe improved frame?
I would do that in a heartbeat.
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$200 for parts to upgrade the crossover. $1200 price now. New price $1600. There's no increase in labor costs (if you're not taking out the old crossover, just putting in a better one, no change in labor time). I've even included some extra so they can hire another QA person (they need to). As Bill O'Reilly would say, 'tell me where I'm going wrong here'.I know you can't mass produce a beautiful wooden frame like PG does and sell it cheap.
But these crossover parts are NOT that expensive. And after making the same product models for 10 years I think Magnepan should STEP UP THEIR GAME.
Edits: 05/30/09
it would cost at least 3 times as much as the stock MG-12 cost.
You don't have to rebuild it yourself. Just call the mulleted midget! :-))
Regards,
Andy
The mulleted mental midget is going to cost big bucks too. The BEST way is what I've always advocated. DIY!
Dave.
But I think the poster said he wasn't a DIY sorta fellow! :-)) And there are lots of MUGers who are the same ... and I would've thought we inmates here would be - what, 5%? - of the Magnepan user base? At most. :-((
Regards,
Andy
5%? I seriously doubt that. I'm thinking maybe 0.005%.
Dave.
"Why can't I buy an MG12A (or whatever the next one would be) for $1595 (or whatever it would be) with a better crossover and maybe improved frame? "
'cause there would be a glut of used 1st gen Maggies on the market, real quick.
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