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We all deserve much better QC than that

I have been reporting this for some time and every time I do there are people on here who tell me to "shut up" and "stop bashing magnepan" and "you think you're so good" and various other comments which bear no realtion to the issue.

It truly appears to me that magnepans quality control is nothing more than - Does it play? Then ship it. There is not one aspect of their construction I have not yet seen done in a slipshod, poorly executed manner. It's not predictable either because it's not always that way. Now everyone makes mistakes but this kind of stuff should never leave the factory but it always does. They either don't care or they don't inspect anything. Among the issues:

MDF frames made up from broken or "short" pieces
Not enough staples to hold a driver in
The staples not bent enough to hold driver in
Poorly laid voice coil wires
Barely crimped and loose spade connectors
Bad connections at the terminals
Tension buttons so badly applied they
1 - are not touching the mylar and buzz
2 - have stretched and crowned the wires leading to delam
3 - buckled the driver mylar itself
4 - they have torn the mylar
Bracing bars put on so badly they soon fall off or arrive that way
A very sloppy job done applying the coatings
Actual mis-laid mylar
And now stripped screws can be added to the list

I think the reason for that is the impenetrable shield of the sock and edge trim and how they now attach both. They figure nobody is ever going to get thru it to look, so what happens underneath is their little secret. In fact sock stapling is the only area they show undue gusto. Those things can withstand a cat 5 huricane.

I really think it's time for the mass appeal letter from us saying we know what's going on and it better stop.

My apologies as well to the OP.


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