In case you haven't seen the new Maggie?


Using Google Search type in "Magnepan Mystery Speaker" and read the article (with photos) from AVGuide.com. This is an amazing product but will it render the previous Maggies obsolete?
puerto
Good "review" Jax2 - As Mapman has suggested, they should appeal to the consumers who cannot accommodate those big "barn doors". WAF should be high so there will definitely be a niche for them. Looks like the woofers will be a requirement for full sound - I thought they were well hidden as end tables. While I won't be getting rid of my 20.1s anytime soon, I would love to have a pair of the "mini's with woofers - even as surrounds. I was surprised to see that they were driven by such high-powered Brystons. I suddenly feel under-powered.
They remind me a bit of those little mylar speakers with sub that some of the mini systems you used to see at Brookstone employed.
Remember that they were running them with top-of-the-line very high power Bryston monoblocks. The speakers may come to market relatively inexpensively, but I wonder what kind of (and how much) amplification they'll need to make them sing.
Here are some pictures of those minis:

Isn't that "Close View" a shot of the computer version? It sure looks like the one they did not play and passed around to show as being for computer-based systems.

Thanks for the pics, regardless.

Puerto - I don't think you'll have to worry about them replacing your 20.1's. My friend had 20.1's and I can tell you these new smaller speakers will not be in quite the same league as those. Don't get me wrong, they are impressive for what they are. They are well worth considering for specific reasons and purposes, WAF being high on that list, while 20.1's are probably at the bottom of the WAF list :-)