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Magnepan needs your help

Magnepan needs your help.

Are you willing to publicly give your feedback of Magnepan’s proposed new speaker concept? Below are the cities and dates of select cities for the first tour to hear public opinions. Instead of filling out focus group forms or giving information to Magnepan’s representatives at the demonstration, Magnepan is encouraging public debate. (Negative feedback can be just as valuable as positive feedback.)

If you are interested in hearing this speaker concept, it is critical that your dealer have your contact information. Winter storms could cause a delay of the tour.

Chicago-- Quintessence Audio, Wednesday, December 11th
Toronto-- Audio Excellence, Saturday, December 14th
Pittsburgh-- Butch’s Sound and Vision, Monday, December 16th
Northern New Jersey (Verona)-- Audio Connection, Wednesday, December 18th

- Wendell Diller, Magnepan
josh358
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mijostyn
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Josh, I don't think so. But there is a Maggie dealer in Nashua, NH. You could capture most of New England there.
Josh, where did the "nobody would buy them" theory come from. If I did a demo with a standard 20.7 and a 20.7 full line source nobody except the cheapest among us would go for the standard version. Both have exactly the same foot print. There is no down side but the cost and the improvement would be worth every penny to anyone already considering spending that kind of money on a loudspeaker. The problem is getting your dealers to put them on the floor and actually make that comparison.
Let Wendell have his way! 

Mike
josh358 OP
286 posts
 
Secretguy, I asked Wendell about the price, and he said that the price will depend on the cosmetics, which is one of the things that will be influenced by feedback from the tour.
josh358 OP
286 posts
 
Hi Grossman,

Verona will be the event for the New York area, so no need to worry about it not being your dealer, just call them and make arrangements. That's the one I'm going to myself, hope to meet you there!
josh358 OP
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Jeffvegas,

I guess the proof is in the pudding, but I can tell you after many conversations with Wendell that Magnepan was not going to release these if it meant compromising Maggie bass. That was the big challenge here -- to get planar bass out of a small package. I guess we'll all learn soon whether they've succeeded!
josh358 OP
286 posts
 
Mike, I suspect you're right. Sure, this will be more expensive, but worth it. It's hard to imagine that people won't want it if it's as good as they say, but it won't work unless there's full customer and dealer acceptance and that, I think, is one of the main reasons for the tour -- to show the prototype and see if everyone is on board. If not, it doesn't make sense for them to invest in the production engineering for what for them is a radically new product.
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