MARTIN LOGAN TRIPLES THEIR PANEL REPLACEMENT


If you need to replace your older panels on Martin Logan speakers.You will get a sticker shock.They have tripled their price.Really sad.This will drive the price of resale down.Bad move on ML part.
bobo7
****Let's leave the politics out of this audio forum****

Shouldn't you practice what you preach?
Would you rather ML just go out of business? Fire employees? How about outsource to offshore production? Companies have to do what they have to do to survive.

Mateored, great response!
Shouldn't you practice what you preach?
Second the motion. It's hypocritical to lecture someone to leave politics out of the discussion and then immediately follow with a tit-for-tat.
Thank you Mateored, lets keep politics in this audio forum! Obama was handed an impossible mess to clean up. It hasn't been easy, and it sure ain't pretty. My full time brick and morter business grossed $54.00 this week but I am not blaming Obama for the implosion caused by decades of misguided policies. If he had not done what he did since taking office, our country would be in a much worse state than you could ever imagine. As for Martin logan, they will go the way of Manley labs who also raised prices recently. In the end, the consumer will decide FOR them whether this was a good move or not. I suspect the panel prices were artificially low as a good will gesture to their customers since panel replacement sadly seems to be an inevitable need with their electrostatics. They may have never made much money on them.
I'm not familiar with ML speakers (have only seen them in stores), but why is the replacement cost of panels such an issue. Do they get consumed and need to be replaced every year or 3?

Also, if they need it, can't they be refurbished like other ES panels or dynamic drivers? If so, ML's pricing may create a bus opportunity for one of the repair guru's out there.