In Reply to: okay, I'll pile on posted by wazoo on May 31, 2008 at 09:43:29:
Agreed. When the “mod†approaches the level of PM’s or PG’s are they even a Magnepan speaker anymore? Yes, they use a Magnepan driver but that’s all. Beyond that these designs take the driver to a whole new league. Many of the very esoteric, reference, kilo buck designs don’t use proprietary drivers. The execution is in the cabinet design, materials, and construction and the crossover design, component selection and layout. Drivers from Vifa, Scanspeak, Peerless or the likes are selected and used much the same way these “mods†are using Magnepan drivers. Of course I know that Magnepan isn’t in the driver business, but none the less the principle here is the same. If Magnepan used this approach we would be paying Magico or Kharma prices for our speakers. Instead IMHO, we have the option for the best of both worlds for a lot less money!
-Joe
They're not that big !
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