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RE: No screaming here.

Posted by gtb75 on January 19, 2011 at 17:40:03:
In my conversations with Wendell, I get the impression he wears many hats at Magnepan... I don't know that for fact - jut what I'm gathering from talking to him. As for specific questions/comments, I'll respond to a few of them:

TitaniumTroy: I didn't have any crossover discussions with him - active or otherwise. Feel free to call him if you have any thoughts/questions on the subject.

magiccarpetride: Find a different dealer if there is one in your area. My dealer is ordering a pair of 3.7 demos for each of their 4 locations, and keeps inventory on a fair number of their speakers. My dealer loves Maggies!

As for where Wendell is coming from in asking me to post this, based on my conversations here, I'd say grantv's (still love my stands Grant) and russ69's comments are probably closest to the mark. As for the negative comments in this thread, I encourage you to pick up the phone and call him if you have an issue, comment on what he asked me to post, or anything else.

Honestly, based on some of the negative comments in this thread, I think him taking the high road (as a manufacturer) and not getting in to a pissing match with certain individuals here is probably for the best. My personal feeling is Magnepan should have some kind of internet presence beyond their website (maybe AudioCircle), but even that requires bandwidth to moderate and maintain. Bottom line, Magnepan builds a great sounding product that reviews and sells well. Is it the perfect loudspeaker for everybody - no... Has it stood the test of time, almost always get favorable industry press, and continued to attract new customers - yes. Unfortunately you can't make 100% of the people happy 100% of the time. That being said, they've made enough people happy to be in business for over 40 years, and that says a lot in my book :)

Lastly, in case anybody is interested, here's what my rig consists of:

- Magnepan MG 3.6's
- REL Stadium II
- Odyssey Kismet Monos in Stratos cases (double transformers don't fit in the pretty Kismet case)
- dCS Delius (running directly to the Kismets)
- Meridian 500 MK III transport
- Squeezebox Touch
- All SignalCable speaker cables, interconnects, and power cables