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How long can Magnepan speaker last?

I am asking in term of build quality when proper used (no overdriving or abusing them). How long could it last? I heard some stories about the glue is weakening over the years and as the warrantee seems relatively short (3 vs 5-10 years) so it a bit concern me.

I am about to get a used pair of 1.6 and wonder how long it will last with me without having to fix them.

For any Maggies owners, I would really appreciate if you could share experience of failed Maggies, how old were they when they failed and what seemed to be the problems?

Is 10 years too long to live for the Maggies? If so what would be the typical life of them, 5 years?

Sorry if I ask so many questions regarding this. It will be a big step up for me and I probably can't afford any upgrade for a while so I would like to make sure that I am going on the right track. The price of them may be a joke for many of us here, but it 's significant to me.

Thanks a lot,

Ake
ake

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jvia
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As someone who buys and sells a lot of used gear, I would not hesitate to tell my best freind moving to Antartica to buy a pair of Maggies, tremendous loudspeaker for the money, and incredibly reliable. That and if you do have a problem , its one of the more helpful, go out of their way, do anything they can to help you manufactorers out there. That and you like them. I am a firm believer you have less problems out of gear you like than gear you kinda like.
jvia
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believe it true. I have always thought that people who don't buy what they really want and settle for a compromise tend to have more problems, real or imagined, with that piece of gear than if they bought what they wanted in the 1st place. I also think they don't take care of it as well as they might have. Not carved in stone, but I think it holds true. Not just audio , but cars, houses, and relationships(not a "buy" thing, but you get my gist) as well.
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