How long can Magnepan speaker last?

Ake, please don't take this the wrong way, but I can't help but notice all your posts about warranties and durabilty. The Maggies are fine products but perhaps more delicate than others. Perhaps you would be better off with Bryston electonics with (the best warranty in the business?) a 20 year transferable warranty and speakers like Thiel or some other manufacturer that has been around a long time and is known for durabilty and customer support. This is not a knock on Magnaplanar, a very fine and reputable manufacturer. There have been a few threads about manufacturers and customer support. I suggest you look through them and then check out the manufacturers site, where you can investigate the parts, service and warranty policies. I am concerned that no matter how good a product sounds that your neurosis (please no harm intended) or concern about budget preventing appropriate maintance (I can certainly relate) will suck the joy right out of your investment in pleasure. Best wishes!

The reason I keep asking these line of quesions is that (as I stated before) I will move to Thailand by the end of the year and will live there pretty much for the rest of my life where the service may be problematic. My situation is much differnt from people who live in the US where service is pretty easy and practical. If I would leave here, I would just shut up and go buy equipment instead of keep asking. I just don't want a few thousands worth equipment become an expensive brick when something goes wrong.

I love Maggies. I just auditioned them yesterday and I was sold. Personally I even like them more than Audio Physic Virgo especially when the price mattersbut that's another story. So for me I wanna get Maggies (at least for now.

I have to say that I have no experience with this type of speaker before and I am a bit concern, but not chiken out.

That's why I ask many question about Maggies to get as much as infomation I could before geting them. There website provide nothing I want to know. So AG seems to be the best resources for me.

I have spent almost the entire last week reading pretty much every thred on AG (may miss a few, of course)but still didn't quite get the answer or feel confident about it.I also check manufacture web site if they have a sevice in Thailand or not, just to make sure that I can get a service if I need one. Just just for a piece of mind.

Sorry if I have bugged many of us here, still, I haven't get quite straight answers that I really want yet.

Hopefully this would be my last question about the reliability of the equipment. I am pretty much fed up with it too, believe me.

Ake

Ake, your no bother at all, Just trying to help. Have you contacted Magnaplanar about your circumstances, you might be surprised at how cooperative they might (?) be. Good luck with your quest and your move.

I would be willing to bet that among all speaker brands, Magneplanar is probably one of the frontrunners when it comes to older models still being used regularly out in the field. No voice coils to burn out, no surrounds to dry up and disintegrate, no fancy cabinetry to get banged up. There is really very little to damage or go wrong in a Maggie, and they aren't highly expensive, so you're not risking too much - not to mention that nothing else sounds like 'em. If this is your dream speaker, I don't see how you could go way wrong with a pair of these.

I used a set of Maggie MGa's for 12 years absolutely trouble free, then upgraded to the 1.6. Like a previous poster stated, no voice coils to blow, no foam or rubber surrounds to dry out, no cabinetry to chip & crack. Yes, some have reported a delamination of the mylar membrane/wire bond, but this can be repaired. Besides, not too many speakers offer the unique virtues of the 1.6 for such a relatively low price.