• The Mount Rushmore of Magnepan...question - Mark Man 06:54:20 10/08/15 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: the two places I have heard them... posted by josh358 on October 08, 2015 at 06:05:05

  Like I said Josh...you have allot more juice than I do...great pic...
  
  Who is currently the chief designer and came up with the .7 series using QR for the base and series crossover? Is it Mark?
  
  Thanks
  Mark
  
  
  
  

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  • RE: The Mount Rushmore of Magnepan...question - josh358 07:55:28 10/08/15 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: The Mount Rushmore of Magnepan...question posted by Mark Man on October 08, 2015 at 06:54:20

    Alas, the one condition on my visit was that the design process was off limits -- otherwise I had the run of the place. I would have loved to see the R&D lab!
    
    I do know though that the foil quasi ribbon was what Jim had originally wanted to use on the Maggies, and that they had used wire instead because of manufacturing practicality -- it's easier and cheaper to apply the wire. IIRC, they'd also had a model with a series crossover, and I read somewhere that Mark had wanted to eliminate the external crossover box -- he told me that most customers these days are less interested in bi amping and crossovers, which makes sense considering the availability of decent-sounding high powered amps -- bi amping still sounds better of course, but less better than it did in the days of the D-76.
    

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    • Still in the Black Opps or Skunk works mode... - Mark Man 08:14:30 10/08/15 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: The Mount Rushmore of Magnepan...question posted by josh358 on October 08, 2015 at 07:55:28

      I was wondering who the Chief design is and/or how many engineers on staff???
      
      I do get, getting rid of the outboard factory passive x-overs...and since this tweaking Maggie board at times and how much people like to "upgrade" their Maggies...when they changed to the series x-over, I remember this board and all the sky is falling posts...But we have Neo, doing surgery on the 3.7i's, now...so it begins...
      
      It does not surprise me they did not let a guy like you in the R&D lab...
      (that is a complement, by the way, because you would "know" what you are seeing...unlike a guy like me that would just say..."cool")
      
      thanks for sharing...to their credit, the end results speak for themselves...
      
      Mark
      
      
      

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      • RE: Still in the Black Opps or Skunk works mode... - josh358 08:55:58 10/08/15 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: Still in the Black Opps or Skunk works mode... posted by Mark Man on October 08, 2015 at 08:14:30

        I do know that they're big enough to have a specialized engineering staff, e.g., production engineer, QC engineer, etc. And of course Mark and Jim are engineers themselves. While I didn't get to witness the R&D effort, when I was there I was impressed by how everyone worked together. It seemed a very collegial atmosphere and they're used to working as a team.
        
        While he couldn't show me current products, Wendell did offer to show me some of the projects they've worked on in the past. I would have loved to see them, but we ran out of time. I did see by chance a bunch of prototype Mini Maggie baffles of all shapes and sizes. It gives you an idea of how much tweaking and experimentation goes on to produce the sound we take for granted.
        

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