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In Reply to: RE: I agree with wazoo posted by Peter Gunn on May 30, 2009 at 08:20:32
I have had some experiences with QC from Magnepan that makes me leery of buying new production products from White Bear Lake.
I know your company is devoted to lowest price on your products, and that is quite admirable. But believe me....I would pay MORE MONEY for a product that is more consistent and has higher quality parts.
My ideal Magnepan is probably an upgraded MMG. Better frame, better crossover, better parts. Martin Logan updated their product line a few years ago and at every price point they had a smaller speaker that works better in peoples real-world (ie, 'smaller') rooms.
I know the Mantra at Magnepan has always been 'the best speaker is the one with the biggest panel'. But your experiences with the mini-magnepan and Peter Gunns modified MMG's certainly show that there can be other equally valid approaches to optimizing sound quality at a given size/price-point.
Someone in the high-fi world, I forget who, was asked how they felt about people modifying their products. He said, 'you've got to buy one before you can modify one, so I'm ok with it'. But this 'I'm going to open it up and fix it' mentality pushes the used market, not new sales from the factory. And lots of people (and I'm one of them) do not have the skills or desire to rebuild crossovers or frames.
Lastly...have you not learned how to make a better MG12, 1.6, etc, in the last decade? Long life-spans in products can be quite admirable, but your current product line is seriously getting on in years. I think a lot of people are leery of spending two grand on a ten year old product if a new version is coming out in six months.
Thank you for coming out here. I think this is a pretty good forum and people here are quite passionate about their Magnepans. And I think you consider hiring Peter Gunn as a consultant. New blood and all that.
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