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Magnepan future

"But none of these companies occupy quite the same niche as Magnepan. HP, in describing the 20.1 in his 2011 Editor's Choice list, wrote, "It is one of the rare high-end components that comes close to suggesting the sound of music itself." I fear that if Magnepan disappears or as not infrequently happens with these companies gets sold, that unusual combination of naturalism (which IMO many high end speakers lack) and economy will go as well."

That is exactly what I'm afraid of. My plan is to claw my way all the way up to 20.1, and it'll take time. I don't want to find out later on that all my plans have been vaporized because Magnepan has been sold to some Chinese company who decides to cut corners and to turn their flagship 20.1 into the pale shadow of its former self.

I must admit, I'm in favor of crowdsourced technology. Look at people like Peter Gunn or Dawnrazor or Grant or all these other resident geniuses/crackpots (I mean no offence to anyone:). Little by little, we have witnessed a crowding phenomenon where all these know-hows have learnt a lot about the magic of the Magnepan technology. If push comes to shove, can't we reclaim it, and fork our way out of the mainstream business model and crowdsource an even better engineered pair of speakers? Isn't this the dawning of the Age of Amateurs?

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