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I was fortunate enough to attend a meeting of the Audio Society of Minnesota last Tuesday night, and Steve Winey of Magnepan was the guest speaker. He talked about his loudspeakers in a very frank and open manner (it was refreshing to listen to him discuss his product in real world terms, in a manner completely devoid of hype). He also donated the demonstration pair of 3.6Rs to the Audio Society, which I thought was quite a magnanimous gesture.Thanks also to subcoolman. Had he not built a fire under me, I'm sure I never would have made it down there.
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Lucky you, that must have been a lot of fun. Did he talk about the business at all, plans for the future, anything like that? Or was it just technical 'how the speakers work' kinda stuff?
Both, actually. There was a lot of discussion of the speakers themselves (as well as the 20.1), but there was also a lot of frank discussion of the audio market as it exists today. He made it pretty clear that a manufacturer has little choice but to be involved in the home theater market today if they want to remain solvent. It was also very clear that his first love is good sound. I greatly enjoyed listening to him.
Did he mention anything about a successor to the 3.6īs?
Actually, he did mention the possibility of a speaker between the 3.6 and the 20.1 in the lineup. I got the impression that it's only a concept under consideration, however.
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