Magnepan Speakers - Ribbon Replacement


Is it true that the ribbons in Magnepan speakers require replacement every few years ? Anyone care to comment ?
erider

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Erider:

Call Magnepan. They have very good customer service. If you wreck your Magnepans, they will fix them for a reasonable cost. Even if you do something stupid, like I have done. Remember ex-president Gerald Ford trying to ski? (Ford was president after Nixon resigned, as Ford was VP at the time). He was spastic on skis. It was fun to see our #1 being spastic. You knew he was human or whatever, it made you laugh.
Anyway, I spastically (Gerald Forded?) ripped a MMG speaker that was five years old and Magnepan fixed it, including new wooden siderails for a pittance. About $150.

So, why wait? You won't be sorry ever buying Magnepans. Any Magnepan. Yes, they typically need some woofer at the bottom end. Ok, yes they always do. (MG20 owners make sick money, so ignore these comments regarding the MG20's, or 20.1's or whatever the model is this year.) Yes, you may buy them, and if you do you'll always want something better and there probably is something better. But, as I have mentioned, you will still be a happy audiophile owning just a set of cheapie Magnepans (they start at $300)and some sort of decent woofer.
Notice the use of the word "audiophile" and "happy" together.
Rare!
Paul