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RE: Magnepan future

As far as I can tell, the record on that is decidedly mixed. There are a couple of outfits that make what are in effect modern Apogees, Graz's Apogee Acoustics and the Greek outfit, forget their name. But as far as I know they haven't been able to (or maybe wanted to) make the leap from an expensive, small quantity product to a mainstream one. And other companies with creditable technology have just disappeared like Acoustat or been transformed to the point at which they're no longer recognizable.

It isn't just a matter of know-how, though that's a big part of it -- even if we were experts on planar technology, it takes a lot of experience to produce optimized designs and start production. A company is a difficult thing to bootstrap. You need somehow to finance your R&D effort, and then you have to build a reputation. Stereophile won't even review a product with fewer than five dealers. It can be done, some friends and I did it with a pro audio product, but it requires quite an investment in time and energy. And even then, if the people with experience couldn't make a go of it, why would you be able to? What's the difference in your business plan? You need to bring something new to the mix.

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