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Originally Posted by jdandy
djcxxx.......There is really nothing that unusual about your experience auditioning the Magnapan 20.7's. As you stated, you did experience improved performance, but felt disappointed by not being totally overwhelmed with respect to the cost difference over your own 3.7's. The diminishing return factor begins to come into play with all manufactures as you move up their line. Costs seem to be far greater for incrementally smaller improvements, especially when you already enjoy excellent performance at your respective price point. For some, the price difference doesn't influence their purchase decision, since it is strictly the improved performance that is sought. For others, the performance improvements are desired, but the cost factor must be weighed into the purchase. If a component or speaker's improved performance isn't dramatic enough, or doesn't measure up to our sense of value when compare to what we presently own, then we pass. It happens all the time.
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Well said! ...a bad analogy, but I sometimes feel "high-end" audio from a cost perspective is rather like Top-Fuel drag racing, or Nascar, or Formula one. at a certain level, the cost to gain ..one more horsepower, can be astronomical, but some people are happy to spend the dough for that one more horsepower, granted, it's crazy by any rational thought process, but I've been called far worse than crazy.
