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Is this the Infamous Blue 30.7 from that guy who cancelled his order?

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Posted on May 14, 2023 at 19:06:00
TitaniumTroy
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Sad first post but here it goes:

After MORE THAN ONE YEAR waiting, experiencing bad support and bad communications / updates from Magnepan, AND after being lied to and promises they made broken, I just had to cancel.

Worst experience with any audio company I've ever had. In my opinion they don't khttps://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/magnepan-30-7-planar-magnetic-floorstanding-speakers/bodynow how to give good customer service at all.

About 9 months AFTER unordered them I was told : 'pick another color we are not making them in white/blue like our touring example or like on the cover of AbsolutebSound'. It was a very dismissive, and not at all apologetic update so I cancelled then.

My dealer went through hell and high water to find a solution. What was it? 4000 up charge! And dealer said he would eat it. That is good service so I let it proceed. But Magnepan didn't seem to give two farts about me.

Roll forward another 3 months or so (February 2019) (at least a YEAR now from first order) and still no progress. I call them and their marketing guy PROMISES they will make it in MARCH.

I call end of March - nothing done yet at all. Over a year and 4 to 5 months since the colorway process was agreed to and nothing built at all for me or painted. So they broke their promise to me and no updates from anyone.

So again, in disgust, I cancelled. I left a voicemail with Wendell.

I think Wendell called my dealer with a last plea.

Dealer tries again to get them to hustle and says they need a week to get the trim painted. He says the speakers are built but nothing painted. Ok I think, it's been 4ish months since we found a way forward with the paint shop and so I give them the last date: April 15th - crated and shipped. I figure two weeks is enough to finish a speaker build if the main thing is already built. It is now over a year.

And I say that is it.

 

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RE: Is this the Infamous Blue 30.7 from that guy who cancelled his order?, posted on May 16, 2023 at 04:04:33
Joe Schmo
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What am I missing here?

The Music Room is an authorized Magnepan dealer located in Erie, Colorado that is listed on Magnepan's website. The link you provided is a link to the dealers product webpage that shows the Magnepan current new product offering by that dealer with the current MSRP of new product. The 30.7 illustration is the Magnepan promotional product photo that is the exact same one that Magnepan uses on their own website and presumably allows dealers to use on theirs as well. The price listed is the full MSRP for a new pair of 30.7 speakers that can be ordered in the listed color schemes.

How is this related to The post you referenced from four years ago?

-Joe

They're not that big!

 

RE: Is this the Infamous Blue 30.7 from that guy who cancelled his order?, posted on May 16, 2023 at 19:54:29
TitaniumTroy
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Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
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Well Magnepan should get a different pic then, ditch the blue since you can't buy it in that color.

 

This happened 4 years ago, posted on May 14, 2023 at 21:52:35
Mike K
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What's the point of rehashing it now? Yes, Magnepan screwed up big time on this one. Still ...

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

 

RE: This happened 4 years ago, posted on May 15, 2023 at 20:35:22
TitaniumTroy
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While it did happen four years ago, this speaker coming up for sale I found interesting. As in why is coming up for sale now and where has it been. Not trying to bash Magnepan but the speaker without the backstory has no context. Theses kinda of problems pop up once in a great while and is now part of Maggie folklore, with its custom blue paint job.

 

RE: Is this the Infamous Blue 30.7 from that guy who cancelled his order?, posted on May 14, 2023 at 19:07:41
TitaniumTroy
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Here's the link to the original thread at the What's Best Forum

 

RE: Is this the Infamous Blue 30.7 from that guy who cancelled his order?, posted on May 15, 2023 at 05:09:53
mpcrnc@aol.com
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Any idea as to how many 30.7 speakers have been sold? Usually some would be on the used market but I have only seen one pair a few months ago. They sold immediately. This is the only other pair that I have seen.

 

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