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The truth about Magnepan?

I've read a lot of this thread. Some for and some against Wendell's post.

Well, I'm going to try to understand what Wendell said and 'read between the lines'.
Fact is, Magnepan is a very small company. How many employees in total? A couple in the front office. The nice lady at the desk in front....she fields the calls and routes them to the right people.
Maybe somebody in shipping if you need a simple part. Maybe Wendell himself (happened to me) if it is a more technical question. If you are a dealer? Maybe somebody handles these guys. Point being? Everybody that counts in the executive side of the company is probably sitting within 50 feet of one another. tops. Somebody orders stuff...from coffee filters to rolls of mylar for production. Somebody keeps track of the $$ and makes sure we stay 'on budget'.
The factory floor? I don't know how this is organized, but there are doubtless 'lead workers' and 'supervisors' and 'line operators'. Working in teams, they move product from station to station and end up with speakers for YOU and ME.
The expense of hiring and training must be balanced with the benefit of increased (good?) production and most importantly DEMAND.

So, how many people do you think actually work there? 40? 50? 60? More? Fewer?
Maybe 20% of everyone NEVER builds product. I don't know, it might be a greater or lesser number. Point? It is a SMALL company. Very little R+D money. Innovation? Glacial and Evolutionary. The Ribbon? Wow, how did THAT happen? But man, they are getting some major mileage out of it. QR? Great innovation. NOT revolution.

My conclusion? Give 'em a break. A Magnepan SE? (special edition) will NEVER happen. No resources exist to do this. If some 'Angel' showed up with money for 'special projects'....Hire a couple engineers....rent lab space....buy 'em 'stuff' and wait a year for a 'result', he'd have to cut a check for half a mil...at least. Than, if say....the 'brain trust' said 'Wood is the way to go along with upgraded external active crossover'......you'd have a heck of a time establishing a NEW LINE to manufacture the goods. You'd have to hire say.....PG to BUILD the frames and set up the line. Some other electronically inclined type to get the crossover end going.

Nope, Not any time soon. they've got a pretty full plate.


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