Can Magnepan survive Wendell Diller?

Answering a lot of questions, comments at once:

None of my friends who are well healed that are not audiophiles would consider buying a complete stereo for $2,200 let alone $6-12k for the better models. They’d rather go to Hawaii or Italy or buy a painting. I only have one audio friend that has spent close to $100k on his system, and I haven’t seen him in 10 years.
People are either sound freaks or they are not. Yes some rich people buy audiophile grade equipment to accessorize their home, wish I was them.

I'm sure there are a lot of us who have our equipment rather than a boat, horse or some other expensive hobby. That's me, no other expensive hobby to blow money on, just audio equipment.

Bose only charges a lot for junk, they are a unique demographic that sells embodiments of Ralph Lauren Polo shirts, with speakers. I know someone that worked for Bose, there is a reason they don't like to demo their products next to others.

Since I had the MGI and MGII's in the way back I had Maggie's that the company gave a damn about public perception, Hardwood and plywood frames, and at the time they were using almost the best electronic components you could readily buy. But technology has come a long way since then. Material science has become a separate science. I know, I have a Holman PreAmp that I'm rebuilding with current quality components* and since the design is solid, the specs that I'm getting so far are impressive. But it will never have a remote, so it's mostly a mental exercise that I'll get some use out of. *(Not Vishay $54 a pop resistors.)

So I'm going to take the bottom of the socks off of one of my Maggie's tomorrow, write down the specs and diagram the x-over as well as test the load of the wires and order better parts, resistors to chassis wire, and I’ll even build a box off frame for the new parts if I have to do that. 
I'll record the before and after with some wonderful quality recordings in my listening space with a high quality mic and AD converter that I have and we shall see if the effort is worthwhile or not, and if not would it still be worth spending more to have the company do it, or is it simply a fools game in total.

I like to put my money where my mouth is.

I don't get your point. Sure, no one is really advocating that the parts quality in Maggies could not be improved upon! ( and maybe vastly so); but what has this to do with your dislike of Wendell Diller?
My point was simply that he has a business plan that precludes wanting to charge mega kilo bucks for a product and thereby minimize his potential audience for said product...what is wrong in that?
If you are arguing that you are not getting your monies worth in the current Maggie line, then that is one thing; but it appears that you are arguing that Wendell is inadvertently behind the poor quality ( in your opinion--and I’m not disagreeing about the parts quality) of the parts and design, whereas I am stating that he is building the product to a price point, which you seem to fail to comprehend.

@daveyf 

This is Wendell speak from Magnepans Website where Wendell says they are "Purists".

"How do Magneplanars produce bass? 

If you make it big enough, a full-range dipole speaker can equal the bass performance of a dynamic speaker. We could have gone the route of other companies and made a hybrid speaker that uses a dynamic woofer for the bass. We made some prototypes, but they didn't sound like a full-range ribbon speaker. Again, it was a choice. Should we stick with a purist strategy? Race car engines are not a compromise. But, there is a "price" to be paid for the performance — size."

Well guess what, most race car engines are smaller that their street car brethren because they use more expensive technology, not bigger technology. And a Purist would use audiophile grade components in their "race car". I do think that the design is worthy, but that came before he came along.

He can't have it both ways. Well he can, but some of us believe he is expressing false economy, and projecting that on Magnepan's customers.

As I said before, taking his word for speaker wire specs was a mistake, and I might as well confess that I also bought his line about subs, having never heard REL's, and so bought two DWM bass panels. What a waste of money. I can't even sell both for $500.

And this is Wendell dissing other manufacturers for using less expensive parts in their product. 
"A good receiver might produce 30-40% more power at 4 ohms. Most receiver manufacturers don't want to talk about 4 ohm ratings because they have cut the "guts" out of their products to keep the cost down."
So I must be missing something completely, right?

I don't think DMW bass panels were ever marketed as subwoofers but rather to reinforce the bass of existing Maggie's which go to about 30 or 35 hz.
If Maggie's sound could be greatly improved at a very reasonable price I'm sure they would be, or someone would be offering it as a service or a diy kit.
If you feel better buying a different speaker you think offers you more at the same price buy them.
I think Maggie's continue to be a terrific bargain in today's world for us who enjoy the sound after all every speaker is a compromise.