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In Reply to: RE: Here you go posted by Davey on July 3, 2017 at 21:29:00:
I agree that the black box approach has not gone over well.
It's as if a car manufacturer refused to tell you how many cylinders their car has, and said, the only thing that counts is performance, take the car for a test drive -- and on top of that, there weren't any dealers in most of the country at which you *could* take the car for a test drive.
At the same time, I understand Wendell's point. A lot of stuff is sold using specsmanship or bragging about materials and tech. "Micronized rodent tongues, lapped to within a millionth of an inch, damp resonances in the low-infrasonic region . . . "
So while I do agree that they should return to releasing this basic information, and think that they're unnecessarily causing friction with some of their most loyal customers, I don't think that kind of info does the person contemplating an upgrade a bit of good. If anything, it might mislead them because of the power of tech lust.
I mean, we know that they added a damping strip to the 3.7i. From an engineering perspective, that interests me, but what does it tell me about whether the upgrade would be worth $500 and shipping? Nothing. Even if I saw the measurements they wouldn't tell me that.
I'd either have to listen (preferable), read a review (good if a reputable reviewer but in my experience anyway only about 50% compared to listening), rely on scuttlebutt, or just trust that Magnepan wouldn't have made the upgrade if it hadn't been worthwhile.
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