AMERICAN MADE: Magnepan LRS
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2022
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that lady putting the ribbons on needs a raise~ great production quality jana, you get a raise too!
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That's a labor-intensive process. Makes the LRS seem even more of a bargain. Always nice to see Jana too.
Watching the process convinces me these are indeed fine musical instruments. Magnepan needs to be supported as one of the last remaining American manufacturers of fine hi-end gear. (getting in line for my LRS+)
That process takes me back to my days in manufacturing 50 years ago. Just a wonderful thing to see skilled people still being employed and building first class products.
For the low price of the LRS it is abosultley astounding the amount of labor and materials that go into each pair. Hand made in the USA too! Bravo Magnepan. Thanks for the tour Jana.
Good to see an American skilled craftsman making a quality product.
That’s Mr. Wendell Diller I have the honor to know for more than 30 years. This is Hamid from Tehran Iran saying hello to Wendell. Nice 👍 to see you here in my favorite UA-cam channel.💎🌺✨👍🌞🎶🇺🇸
Watching what it takes to build an LRS, I can't fathom that a pair retails for waaayyyy under a grand a pair - - boggles the mind - - God Bless Magnepan and it's skilled workers. Excellent post Darko, thank you.
Agreed...
These were exactly my thoughts also
They are made here in America, imagine that! A fine speaker made in America and sold here.
@@wiisad not only sold in the US. Living in Germany and I just received my pair this week.... 👍😉
I thought when I watched this video "what a cheaply made cabinet , it's no wonder they're priced this way"
I have 2 pairs of Magnepan MG2.5Rs and a CC3 center channel speaker as my home theater speakers. The speakers are over 30 and 20 years old, respectively, and still sound great. Once you hear Maggies, you can't go back to the coloration of boxed speakers. I've always wanted to visit the factory and see how them made. Thank you so much for helping to promote this relatively unknown brand. When so many other manufacturers have moved their manufacturing to China, it's nice to see a company still employing American craftspeople to make a quality product in the US.
As an LRS owner this video is a dream come true. I've always wanted to see this.
Agreed, owning my LRS has just become even more special
I own them too
Me 2
I loved my pair so much I added a custom oak frames to make them look like finished furniture.
When you see how much work goes into making them they're even more of a bargain!
Thanks Darko and Jana for making this video.
Thank you to all the special folks at Magnapan for all the wonderful hours I've spent with my LRS!
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WOW!!! Watching the work ethic and craftsmanship of these dedicated people was inspirational. Thanks for sharing. The world and UA-cam needs more of this.
Wow completely Handmade in the United States. Pretty Fricken Amazing. Hats off to the workers and owners of the company. I now want a pair when I move.
Nothing terribly complicated, just a handful of specialized, talent and dedicated people making a great product
The only magnepan how-it's-made video on youtube, congratulations. As a Maggie owner for decades and also working on them, it's great to see how the ribbons are applied and how the end loops are folded over. And all those people that complain about the old green glue, they still use it after all these years :)
I've had mine for about 30 years. They sound brand new. I had no idea this is how they were made. Very impressive. I don't understand how someone thought of this idea, made it actually sound good and then came up with a process too manufacture them. The creativity and boldness is admirable. Not too mention, sticking with it for 50 years and counting. Brilliant!
I own Magneplanar speakers and knew Wendell. I started at an audio research/ Magneplanar Dealer in 1973. Ken Roseman and I got the lines to sell in the store in the mid seventies. I toured the factory and met Jim Winey. In 1985 Wendell asked me if I would work at Magnepan. I am a musician and lover of music of all types. I became a full time musician. I love hearing music with high fidelity.
Janas' a little gem assembling and maufacturing her edits. Grey hairy necks 'n' all were never more appealing.
In my opinion, it is arguably the best performing speakers in this price range. I own a pair of the 2.6R bought brand new when I was in high school in 1990, It still sounds awesome today 32 years later.
This is basically an artisan product. Some people like to pay more for something that not only looks good and performs well but has an interesting back story. Hats off to the entire production crew who are undoubtedly extremely skilled.
Hey, Wendell,
It's good to see you still running Magnepan. Fascinating video of the LRS construction and related processes. Yes, I knew how it was done from long, long ago when I was retailing these music machines, but the nostalgia of watching a LRS going through its creation from the raw materials to completion and packaging almost brought tears to my old retired eyes. Keep up the excellent work.
Know one really knows how much time and effort goes into manufacturing a certain product. This was a great eye opening experience. For those who own a pair of Maggie’s , maybe send a thank you to those men and women who will give you years of great sound from those speakers.
Fyi you send a thank you by buying them. You speak with your money more then anything.
Most people think every product is made very quickly with highly automated machines but the fact is that unless there is a very high demand for a product to be mass produced it is likely there is some to a large amount of hand labor put into a product. When people become highly skilled at a task they make it look easy, I'm sure the work we have seen on this video is tougher to do correctly than it looks and would surprise most viewers how difficult it is if they were to try it. Not saying it's rocket science but it takes time to gain the skill required.
This was awesome! Great job filming the manufacturing process and capturing the spirit of the company and its employees. It shows just how much value there is in this very good-sounding, reasonably-priced speaker.
I love my LRS’s! Great to see how they were handcrafted by real people. Thank you for doing this video.
Chinese people are also real people.
I own a pair of Magnepan LRS and I listen to them every day. Very revealing, intimate and clear. Better than using my headphones.
That was a great piece Jana. 👍
I remember when these were tucked into a hidden listening room at AXPONA in 2019. This was cool to watch.
That is a lot of craftsmanship and hand work for a quite decent price, I'm amazed by this. I've never thought they'd be entirely handmade.
Went to an audiophile convention years ago, which offered the ability to hear each top brand speaker companies products. Magnapan blew them all out of the water, even out performing top systems the music industry, sooooo impressive! Plus they are so thin, aesthetically pleasing.😎💖💖💖💖💖
So aesthetically monolithic, too.
I still have my Magneplanar Tympani 1-D speakers. I was offered a job at Magnepan by Wendell Diller to be a marketing assistant to him. I left the hi fi business to become a full time musician. Magnepans are still my favorite speakers.
Another excellent video. I’ve not had the opportunity to hear these speakers but I was fascinated by the health and safety aspect of this. No masks. Little hand protection. If they were made in the UK this would look very different.
Having owned the original 1-series screens since 1975 (having been rebuilt twice), driven by an ARC SP6 and two bi-amped D-75a's (all recently recapped, etc.), everyone who has heard them have been knocked out, knocked out by how natural they sound, they disappear and all you are ware of is the three-dimensional sound with such a large soundstage.
Watching this video brought back many fond memories of my work in R&D at Acoustic Research from 1967 to 1973. Although my focus was on electronics I would watch in amazement the highly skilled speaker line workers. It's reassuring to see that it lives on in this day and age....
I've had Maggies for over 40 years, starting with SMG's, then MMG's and the 1.7's.
I really enjoyed seeing the process in such detail.
Great work, as always..Jana!
Thanks!
Thank you! I have a pair of 1.7i, it's great to see how the drivers are actually manufactured. Keep going with these factory tours!
Love it!
It is a high level of skill to be able to repeat high quality with a hand-built product
8:39 Bless this lady and her skills that allow her to perform " the most demanding part" of the build process.
🤯 Thank you for this in depth look! Thank you Magnepan for building these in America 🇺🇸! I Love It
Anyone thinking about getting them : I have them and they sound incredible- extremely worth the money. Be warned they require lots of power - your 30 watt receiver is not going to cut it - I am talking 200 watts to properly drive them - big heavy amps with large capacitors and power supplies. Folks thinking of going the class D route - yes you MIGHT be able to get by with a physically smaller amp but do lots of research first some of them don't work well either. Also after market stands are highly recommended by me to add mass to the frame and to properly load speakers to the floor
Agreed. The amp needs to be at least a Shiit Vidar or Hegel 90. I'm using a Apt Amp1 which seems to work quite well with the LRS.
Amen. I drive mine with a Crown DC300 (from 1974) -- 150 watts per channel, direct-coupled. Maggies are SO clean and transparent that no switching power supply will drive them properly. I don't know about the LRS, but my MG1Bs are a 4-ohm load, and many consumer-grade amps just cannot handle that.
Made in America, sold in China. They have stayed true to their roots for all these years. Love the company and their wonderful speakers. Unparalleled in their sound characteristics.
might change when they are going to use open baffle woofers though :(
@@joppepeelen Have you heard the 30.7 C? A lot of effort made into making those open baffle woofers sound like panels -- Wendell Diller made clear that he wasn't going to make a Maggie that sounds like a hybrid -- the bass had to blend. The 30.7 C was remarkably successful at accomplishing that.
🤗THANKS JANA AND JOHN …FOR GOING WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO 😊
Behind the scenes 👀 for a sneak peek and now we know how they are made 😎😍😍😍
Hand made is a understatement for these. Wow. I ordered mine today and was told 6 month wait right now. I'm a patient man
Worth the wait! : ) I own a pair.
I agree with everyone who says that this video is an absolute dream come true. I will be receiving my LRSs tomorrow, after a SEVEN-MONTH wait. This video has made me even more excited, and I didn't think that was possible! My friend loaned me his MMGs, and long story short, I haven't listened to my new Zu Audio Dirty Weekends ever since. Magnepan sound alters your mind. More than I would have thought!
Anyway, my hat's off to the folks at Magnepan. I'm a BIG fan!
One thing: PLEASE remember to do the fuse upgrade kit. Either the one from 11 Sound, or just get a 20-amp or 30-amp fuse to replace the 3-amp one that comes in the speakers. It makes a HUGE difference, and there's virtually zero chance of damaging your speakers. Also, when played at reasonable levels, I've gotten GREAT sound out of the MMGs with 5 watts of Nelson Pass Amp Camp Amp power.
BTW, I just LOVE the suction cup sounds from John Darko's eyes. Cracks me up every single time.
OK. I'm done.
I am getting a pair of Magnetostatic Podium sound speakers in a few months. I wonder how they differ in SQ to Maggies.I know podium are transverse wave speakers, as opposed to pistons wave transducers.
@@StGCfiLife Never even heard of those before! Looks like I'm about to nerd out and go do some serious research into a new speaker! Thanks for mentioning them!
For the LRS I would also recommend aftermarket stands like the Airborne from Magnarisers but get ready to wait again , like the speakers they are made to order but also well worth the wait. Just so happens the stands ship with an in house pair of jumpers for the speakers which wound up actually making a very noticeable improvement in sound over the Cardas jumpers I went with originally. Go figure
@@taho88 Guess what? My Magna Risers are in production right now!!! Great minds think alike, eh? And the model I ordered? Yep, you guessed it: Airborne!
My grandma would never tell me where she worked. She told me it was top secret work making sound.
nice Jana. Next for Darko to have a listen!
Marvelous! I own a Magnepan LRS and the sound is truly magical! I don’t see me going back to a conventional loudspeaker anytime soon.
What amp do you use with the maggies?
Beautiful to see. Hats off to Magnepan for celebrating craft and the crafts-people that make it all possible
Excellent film. Can't wait to get a pair of LRS+ in white. Fairly easy to buy in the UK.
Jana, John, Excellent, insightful video of the Magnepan LRS manufacturing process! I eagerly await the arrival of the LRS speakers I ordered in January.
I remember hearing them for the first time, in the early 1970s at a home in Beverly Hills. I currently own, and love, a pair of .7s.
Welcome to the glamorous world of making stuff for consumers.
I had no idea, I assumed CAD machines were zipping around. I loved the music for Cindy/Edith. A whole lot of love goes into the LRS panel speakers.
That is the most amazing 1960s production line techniques I have seen in decades. So many operations can be done faster and much more accurately with machines/robots. That is some seriously old school manufacturing, but interesting to see historic techniques still used. Great video.
Kudos to Magnepan for employing real people and booting the economy rather that putting people out of work and employing robots.
I heard my first pair in ‘78 at a friend’s apartment. He also had some smaller rear speakers 🔊 with spatial delay. Alan Parsons sounded great. He brought his sound system to a large banquet room for a party. It was amazing how those speakers filled the room without distortion.
Cool ...
Most fun thing in the world is setting up systems at get-togethers etc!
Spatial delay rears, perhaps a Hafler extraction circuit?
For me, magnepans are still the best sounding speakers for over 30 years.
I now have a great appreciation for how difficult it was to manufacture my MAGNEPAN MG .7s.
Awesome and interesting. Really a great value when you see all the handwork.
I just sent my MG1-B speakers -- from 1983 -- to Magnepan to be refurbished this summer. Magnepan did a fantastic job, these speakers sound fabulous. In nearly 40 years, I have never heard better speakers.
When I bought my Maggies, I had a top-of-the-line (for then) turntable and cartridge. Over the next four decades, my input sources went from vinyl LPs to CDs to DVDs and now to 4K and better streaming formats. As the audio input has gotten better and better, my Maggies have sounded better and better.
Earlier this year, at the same time that I refurbished my speakers, I also refurbished my Crown DC300 amp and IC150 pre-amp.
The decision to buy my Maggies was a big purchase for me in 1983. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
I want to just give a big thumbs-up to Magnepan together with all kinds of props for making what I believe is the only speakers any audiophile will ever need. My five children and I have grown up with these speakers.
I thank all the people of Magnepan from the bottom of my heart.
I have met Wendell, he let me hear the LRS at Axpona, and I was quoted in Stereophile as saying that "every other speaker at Axpona sounded like a shoebox in comparison to the LRS" I have a pair of 3.6's that I have triamped with a DEQX (I've also added Rhythmik 12 inch servo open baffle subs (to relieve the panels of duty below 45-Hz ) - my system sounds the way I like it, I hate BOX SPEAKERS ( ick ) When visitors hear my system their jaw drops - not from an onslaught of sound, but from the way the sound hangs in front of them in the room, the way all the instruments are separated and the way the timbres are all just right. I just wish I had a bigger room, I'd like to give the speakers more "room to breathe."
This reminds me of those Mister Rogers videos where they showed you how things were made. Too cool.
This has to be one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on the Internet. Thank you!
I think I would enjoy listening to the stories Cindy has to tell.
I have 5 pairs and will now look at them with a new appreciation of the hard work that went into them.
So very interesting and such a nice industry reveal and the whole video production was so damned good. What a treat. Kudos team Darko.
Still enjoying my MG1s from 40 years ago. Great speakers. Great Company!
Really enjoyed that short film as I drank my coffee 👍
Owned your speakers since the 1b was new, currently 3.3R A huge amount of pleasure over the years. Thank you !
My first touch to planar speakers was a friends pair of Smgb. I was sold instantly (well, after correcting his phase issue, his high end speaker cables were labeled wrong and he had his phase wrong) and after that I've built and/or designed dozens of electrostatic panel speakers.
I know nothing about this type of speaker. Can they be used as the stereo fronts in a home theater? Is placement a big deal?
always nice to see Jana)
Watching this it still baffles me why Maggies don't cost more than they do. Done in the US with this kind of craftmanship - that's unbelievable! I don't think that Magnepan could have done it cheaper in China.
Maybe they are not developing their self.
Look at the speaker binding post they are the same style as for over 40years ago. They more or less only take bear wire and need a fidely alien key to tighten down and are you over 60 years then that is the task for day.
During those >40 years binding posts has had developedment.
In ease of use and so forth.
But if product development is the thing that make them to be affordable then who I am to complain ☺️.
(Yes, I have the precursor MMG that is >40 year old and they still going strong. But the same hardware and binding posts that the "new" LRS has. But now modified with normal and up to date binding posts.)
@@AmazonasBiotop As someone who has become involved in their product development, I can tell you that there's an awful lot going on! Many of the upgrades are things you don't see. But there are also some radical innovations going on, e.g., the 30.7C which was shown several years back. That involved a total rethinking that slims down the width of he panels to only 12". Development is mostly done, but commercial release has been held up by supply chain issues, and the factory also has a huge backlog because of the popularity of the LRS and high demand during Covid.
Have my LRSs in the system now, love them!
Thanks for making this video, I didn't expect so much manual labor for making this speaker. I will appreciate my LRS much more now that I've see how everything is handmade with love and passion. The good old fashion way of building things. PS.:(don't breath paint at home kids, I'm shure they hold they breath in the video)
Amazing video! Love how every craftsperson is named.
Thank you, Jana! They make a heck of a speaker. My 80s MGllas are kicking right along, 40 years on!
Can't help but love the work force! Thanks for keeping em' here.
My Magnepans are over 30 years old and still sound superb! Glad to see they are still making them with the same quality! Quality never goes out of style!!
+50 YEARS!
Fabulous video! Thanks, Jana! It really made me appreciate my LRSs even more. 😊🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶
After seeing all the steps, and parts, and labor that goes into these... how can they possibly sell them so cheap? Kudos for making something so unique, pure, and affordable!
Good luck finding a pair... They are rarely if ever available.
" how can they possibly sell them so cheap? " - dealers have relayed (e.g. Adrian at Audio Excellence) that Wendell says they lose money with the LRS. I sort of doubt that, but Magnepan surely isn't making much money with them. Possibly why there is a huge backlog of LRS orders (months of wait time for customers) is because Magnepan prioritizes the higher priced models in their manufacturing.
What an incredible product. I never realized how hand-made these are! Definitely worth the money. So many highly skilled artisans and craftspeople. What a great company. One day perhaps. I know that set up and space is vital to get the most from these beauties. Love the seventies font. I felt like I was watching one of those fun how-to films they used to show us in elementary school back in the seventies.
I used a pair of these when showing TEAC Reference Series components for their official US debut at Capital Audio Fest back in 2019. We had more people coming back over the three days of the show than any other vendor due to the spectacular sound combination and bargain basement prices.
They are superb speakers my 2.5R are getting a bit old now but I have them connected to two Townshend supertweeters and 2 REL subwoofers if you think cds don't sound that good .Magneplanar speakers will make you change your mind,
Wow, that's a much more involved process than I would have guessed. I'm also shocked that they're able to sell the LRS at $750 - even considering the direct-to-consumer business model. If I didn't already know the price, I would have guessed a price closer to $2,000.
They don't really make a profit on the LRS -- they describe it as an "appetizer" because they know that a certain percentage of people will go to a dealer and upgrade to a more expensive model.
Loved watching the lady lay down the foil. Reminded me of the early Fender co where women were the primary pickup winders and amp techs.
Women have better fine coordination than we do. I'd probably break the foil on the first run. :-)
Many years ago, when I started in the audio hobby, I visited a friend who sells audio equipment. He had one of these and I asked him " where are the drivers ? " 😂😂😂 It was magical the sound that came from those speakers. There was little bass coming out of them but mids and highs were incredible to me.
Thanks for sharing this adventure and I'm with him. I'm 63 and still working until I left my body in pieces around... It's good to be productive and enjoy music at the same time.
Thanks for a great memory of the factory tour. I brought my MG 1s for a factory refresh after owning mine for several years. Still have them, love them.
It is refreshing to see that they are not made robotically. All of those man-hours for a product that retails for $700.00. Keep up the good work. PS: I love my .7i's.
I found my Smg-1's on the curb. Amazing sound! No dispersion distance so great in a small room, Low pressure means no ear fatigue, reproduces acoustic instruments and pipe organs with amazing accuracy. And low pressure means you can play loud and people in the next room can barely hear. Perfect for flat screen TV monitor. I read you can find an older pair of Magnepan speakers and the company will fully rebuild and recover for around 500usd.
On the curb!? Who would do such a thing to such a fine speaker? 🤔 I am glad you were the one who rescued them and gave them a good home.
They also sell kits for practically nothing that let you repair the diaphragms -- the traces tend to lift on the old ones. I repaired mine, which are 40(!) years old.
I am lucky enough to own three pairs of Maggie’s and also, a pair of Martin Logans. Nothing compares to this design of speaker for me.
I really enjoyed this video (as well as the rest of the American Made series). I've never owned Magnepan speakers, but one of my friends does and I remember being quite impressed by their sound when I heard them years ago. It was cool to get this behind the scenes look at how they're made. Great work, Jana! 👍🏽
Fantastic video, thank you!
Loved seeing this. Thank you
Always loved Maggies, although i only owned a pair of SMG's in the early 90's i've heard many models including the mighty Timpani IV... there's something unique to those speakers, when properly set and driven. Love to see how much care and old school skilled craftsmanship goes into the making of even their least expensive (i think) model.
Kudos to this great brand!
I have them. I love them. Phenomenal speakers with the right amp.
Terrific work. Super appreciate your insight, enthusiasm and dedication! The world needs more folks like Jana.
This is great, I'd love to watch more videos like this.
Very interesting. Thank you!
Thanks for putting in the effort to produce this great video!!
Thanks. Love this. More process videos!
Nice to see a top quality product made by skilled craftspeople here is the USA!!!
You mean "Leandra Martin custom leather" ! I agree
I really enjoy the manufacturer visit/assembly type content....
Thank you for this one 👍🏻