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In Reply to: RE: Magnepan service hello.... posted by josh358 on March 17, 2017 at 12:08:40
Well. I happen to like the fact that Magnepan is on the more boutique side of the aisle. Wait time for speakers - I accept that. They are not something sittingin dealers stock for the most part - they are made to order ...yes? Rebuilding any speaker they have ever made? Martin Logan backed off of that and pushed costs way up there for replacement panels. A product completely made in house in minny...I like that too. I also like their cost structure. Getting a 20.7 is a complete stretch for me - but it is one I plan on taking. 20-25k and on up? Forget it - I can't do it. I have a very well known dealer two miles from me that sells wilsons, sonus faber etc... there is no way I would pull the trigger on a 40k pair of strads. Guess what - he doesn't sell magnepan. And who could blame him since he wants to sell speakers in the 40-100k price range.
Staying small also puts them in a better position to weather bad economic times. They must be doing something right.
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Yep. And the irony for me is that I've never heard a Wilson that sounds as realistic as a Maggie. Some other planars do, and some other esoteric designs, but most boxes just don't rate if realism is your goal.
By the way, while it isn't a large manufacturer (Foxconn has 250 thousand employees building iPhones alone!), Magnepan is actually large by high end standards. A shot of the factory floor:
Amen Timm, exactly my feelings. The only complaint I have with Magnepan is their lousy connector and x/o parts. Get rid of the ferrous materials (c'mon man!), the cheap resistors, capacitors, etc., and charge a hundred bucks more for the 1.7, an equivalent amount for the 3.7 (two hundred?), and whatever is takes for the 20.7. The speakers deserve and warrant better.
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