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RE: Whatever this mystery speaker is.. it's being released in jan?

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In Reply to: RE: Whatever this mystery speaker is.. it's being released in jan? posted by Enchantment1.6s on October 08, 2010 at 22:24:18

Hopefully it will be their recently shown "mini" maggie. The cure for us with small listening rooms.
Too bad I don't have a Maggie dealer within a 4 hour drive...would be really nice if they sold these factory direct.
BTW, I noticed that I linked to a BRAND NEW planar forum at the Circle. Neat :^)
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=63677.0 (Open in New Window)

Edits: 10/09/10 10/09/10

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RE: Whatever this mystery speaker is.. it's being released in jan? - Bibo01 05:14:50 10/09/10 (4)
Like you, I also hope they are going to show the Mini Maggies.

The only real problem I forsee with this model, going by my conversation I had with Wendell last year, is price. It's only speculation until is official, but it seems that two mini maggies + 1 woofer are costing more than a pair of 1.7s. Furthermore, ideally one would need two woofers, like in their demonstrations, so price would be even higher.
- RE: Whatever this mystery speaker is.. it's being released in jan? - josh358 14:24:17 10/09/10 (2)
  Yeah, that is a problem. I guess how much of a problem depends on how good they are. I know that the woofers go for $1600. If they can give you sound comparable to a 3.6 in a small room, it would be worth it. I'm not sure how you could justify that kind of money for the likes of a computer setup, though.
  
  Also, I assume they'll be selling them without the woofer for use forex as high quality surround speakers?
  
  I'm not sure why the woofer is so much more expensive than say a pair of MMG's -- two magnet assemblies and diaphragms, and . . . ? I suppose dealer markup, plus the cabinet . . .
  - RE: Whatever this mystery speaker is.. it's being released in jan? - DrChaos 12:04:01 10/10/10 (1)
    For some reason I remember reading a blog about a "trip to the Magnepan factory".
    
    I may be mistaken but I got the impression there were some technical difficulties which made the double-driver technology (used in 20.1's, and the new woofer), substantially more expensive/intricate than the normal drivers beyond just the doubling.
    - RE: Whatever this mystery speaker is.. it's being released in jan? - josh358 13:05:02 10/10/10 (0)
      Interesting. I've read a couple of tour accounts but I don't remember reading that one.
- Maybe that's what's taking them so long - johnvb 05:33:30 10/09/10 (0)
  They are "tweaking the pricing structure" and manufacturing costs.

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