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No other information is available. Magnepan, as usual, will not discuss what they've done to improve it or how it is improved.
Funny, no other speaker company in the world (that I know of) will release a new model and not say what's new about it. Oh well. Will be interesting to hear comments from new owners.
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Well, fwiw, according to my dealer, I took delivery of the first pair of MMGi this afternoon. Make of that what you will.
They are in my living room, about 2 hours into break-in right now. They are also my first Magnepans, so don't ask me what is different, I don't know. I am also curious. The packaging all says "MMGi", as do the speakers themselves, so you'll know if you have them, or not.
Will be interesting to hear about the improvements.
Definitely will be interesting to read reviews...
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My guess, the improvements aren't "sexy" like "titanium-beryllium rocket pods" and "Einstein-Rosen nonlinear dielectric Fermi-surface transconducting crossover".
It's probably "We changed the tensioning and panel resonance controls a little bit, and compensated crossover parameters, and improved it thanks to better DSP-based measurement techniques, target curves from acoustic research and validated with blind testing. The materials are, as always, standard steel, wood, and regular electronic components which work completely fine in this application."
I tried an Einstein-Rosen nonlinear dielectric Fermi-surface transconducting crossover but could never get it quite right -- the woofer played the notes a week before I put the record on the turntable.
And I am completely good with this. :). I think magnepan found a good formula. Too many times I have heard improvements be far from it.
I wonder if magnepan has ever considered giving g options to buyers at a premium? I see a lot of successful software companies market and allow the customer to get additional services - but sell it in modules. They could do the same with parts ... bracing ... possible crossover options. All at a premium of course making it worth their while. I know - not their MO.
upgrades would be costly. Magnepan's business model is for their products to be American made. Brackets, inductors, capacitors, wiring upgrades wouldn't come cheap from a reputable distributor. The MMGs I own were made from an aftermarket company and they definitely take them into adulthood but that all comes with a stiff price.Selling the above as 'add-ons' would essentially require a new division at Magnepan. The headaches involved with such would be a nightmare IMO.
Edits: 05/22/17
Well ... take a company like Cary for instance. You purchase a product and you can pick different options like better binding posts, or hexfreds etc. not saying this necessarily fits their current business model - but other small companies are doing it. They do it with things like different wood , colors, materials making the frame. Why not just take it one step further.
Granted, they may not want to do it. And maybe things get complicated quickly.
I think that from their perspective, they can do more for the sound by increasing the size of the woofer or adding a ribbon tweeter -- at which point they have a new model. They have occasionally offered upgrades, like the 3.7 to the 3.7i.
The MMG in particular is intended to be an "appetizer" that encourages people who aren't familiar with Maggies and don't live near a dealer to consider a larger model, so it wouldn't make sense to increase the cost.
Many listeners have the WAF situation (and/or their own space limitation problem, e.g. 3 feet from their rear wall) with a MMG. Unfortunately therefore larger models are out of any consideration. So, I guess they hope to get the last ounce of performance out of their MMG.
Isn't the fact that many listeners invest in having their MMGs 'gunned' to achieve that goal?
"Many" listeners? I would estimate that of all the MMG inventory in the field providing service, well less than 1% of them are 'gunned'.
The vast majority are in a bone stock configuration and have never been modified or tampered with at all.
Dave.
Davey, my mistake, and please accept my apology.
I should have written many of the listeners who visit the AA to learn, etc. and NOT the 'silent majority' who might not even know/care about its existence.
That's true. I think the .7 was their attempt to address that and I know that Wendell is very concerned about WAF.
Well ... take a company like Cary for instance. You purchase a product and you can pick different options like better binding posts, or hexfreds etc. not saying this necessarily fits their current business model - but other small companies are doing it. They do it with things like different wood , colors, materials making the frame. Why not just take it one step further.
Granted, they may not want to do it. And maybe things get complicated quickly.
I doubt they would be very interested.Software doesn't have a cost in inventory and production. Manufacturing variations do. Magnepan is Midwest frugal. Unlike most, they still manufacture almost all components in USA, on their own. They have to pay strong attention to all costs and tooling needs in order to survive and keep at their historical price points.
Already there are variations in color/wood/stands for the higher models.
Edits: 05/21/17
The new diaphragms are made of strange matter. You get more power out of the speaker than you put in.
Actually it is dark matter and the music is sent out from the speaker via dark energy. All this keeps the speaker from being too brite
Alan
> > All this keeps the speaker from being too brite < <
Ahhh, of course!
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