Magnepan 20.7 Review

Originally Posted by Rayooo

I've never quite understood how the "mechanics" and "politics" of the high-end audio publication business works.

On one hand as a writer, I've got to generate interesting, involving and honest reviews of high-end gear, on the other hand, there simply must be outside pressures pulling at you the writer/reviewer, every minute.

If I use the latest gen of magnepan speakers as an example, I myself was shocked at the pretty much universal praise for the .7 series.

and...If I'm the president of a speaker manufacturer of superb $15kish speaker systems, that have advertised in a given publication for many years, I could easily see myself calling the publication and saying something like: "How in the world would you state that this new Magnepan at $5k, compares favorably to my $15k SuperDuper3 model?"

When I read Mr Valin's mention of the 20.7s, with the lead off list of "what magnepans can't do" It immediately hit me that this was a result of that phone call from from the president of SuperDuperSpeaker Co.to the Editor In Chief.

that makes a lot of sense...especially if the reviewer is trying to hold on to a pair of demo super duper speakers!