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In Reply to: RE: Judas Priest, not again posted by mbnx01 on January 15, 2009 at 14:08:43
I don't disagree with you, but its a business and they need to make a profit and grow to survive.
I too favor two channel stereo, but the overall design, size, and potentially modest cost of these new speakers could allow Magnepan to be more competitive in the HT market than they are with their current HT offerings. If it were my business, that's what I'd be considering.
Maggies, because you can never be too thin!
Mark
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Magnepan has been stupidly (my opinion) chasing after the 'home theater' market for YEARS while ignoring their bread and butter, the 2-channel audiophile.
I know a good local dealer who was not allowed to carry the line because 'he didn't have enough home theater'. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Magnepans just aren't that good at home theater. There, I said it. They are directional, need huge amounts of room, are very inefficient, don't blend well with subwoofers, on and on. Yes, many people have a nice little magnepan HT. Some people have huge rooms with Gigabuck 3.6 systems. But 90% of the home theater market (normal people, normal rooms) would NOT really benefit from Magnepans in their home theater.
But they ARE REALLY GOOD for 2-channel stereo. You know, music. I wish White Bear Lake would concentrate on their core market for awhile. It is always a mistake to ignore your core market and chase after the 'pie in the sky' of something that just ain't gonna happen.
Again we agree, but perhaps a smaller more easily placed model like this will get them in the game. Remember beyond any opinions you or I might have Magnepan is first and formost a business with the intention of being profitable.
Maggies, because you can never be too thin!
Mark
I disagree about Maggies and HT. The God's honest truth is that I just went back to Maggies mainly BECAUSE of their abilities with HT.
What we're missing here is a qualification of the HT experience. Are Maggies the best choice if what you're after are huge explosions, massive SPLs, etc? If so, then yeah, Maggies probably aren't the best choice. But if what you're after is an immersive movie experience where dialogue is crystal clear, sound effects are so realistic and detailed that it creates the illusion that you're actually in the environment depicted on screen, etc, then Maggies can make for a kick ass HT experience.
I don't take delivery on my Mye stands until next week, but from what I'm told if you stabilize the panels and give them enough current, you aren't sacrificing all that much in terms of macrodynamics anyway. In my opinion, Magnepan is redefining the HT experience!
They LOVE home theater. But they LOVE their 2-channel MORE.
In today's audio marketplace, to be anything other than a speck in the wind, you've gotta do some HT. The better they do there, the more equity they have to put into 2 channel reference audio. So, I believe it works out better for everyone. Except that dealer. And Maggies are good at HT, the clarity is addicting.
Cory
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