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RE: I think a useful comparison can be made to Linn ...

Have you ever had people line up outside your office to tell you how you should design something that you know far better than they do how to design, because it's your job? People think they're being helpful, want to join in, but the truth you can't mention is that if they knew more than you about how to do your job, they would be sitting in your office instead of you. So give Magnepan some credit! Wendell says, "I don't recall a tweak that we haven't tried in some fashion," and I believe him, since they've been designing and building these speakers for more than 35 years now. And unlike us, they don't have the luxury of just "trying something." If they introduce a new product that doesn't sell, they risk their jobs.

That isn't to say that tweaks can't be useful, having done some myself I can vouch that they can. But when we make those tweaks for ourselves, we don't have to worry about cost and sales or even success, since if something doesn't work out, all we've lost is a weekend's work. And as Wendell points out, they have options we don't. They can change the size of the diaphragms, used different tensions and diaphragm and damping materials, tune the drivers differently, use different magnets. And, conversely, we have some options that they don't, options that could add too much to the cost of their product or appeal to too few prospective buyers.

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