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RE: The Mount Rushmore of Magnepan...question

Posted by josh358 on October 8, 2015 at 07:55:28:
Alas, the one condition on my visit was that the design process was off limits -- otherwise I had the run of the place. I would have loved to see the R&D lab!

I do know though that the foil quasi ribbon was what Jim had originally wanted to use on the Maggies, and that they had used wire instead because of manufacturing practicality -- it's easier and cheaper to apply the wire. IIRC, they'd also had a model with a series crossover, and I read somewhere that Mark had wanted to eliminate the external crossover box -- he told me that most customers these days are less interested in bi amping and crossovers, which makes sense considering the availability of decent-sounding high powered amps -- bi amping still sounds better of course, but less better than it did in the days of the D-76.