R.I.P. Jim Winey (1934-2024) Founder of Magnepan | Robert Harley Reflects
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Robert Harley shares his thoughts on Jim Winey, inventor of the Magneplanar, founder of Magnepan, American audio pioneer, and icon.
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Thanks for giving us high-end audio at affordable prices. Magnepan is real high-end for the people. RIP Jim!!! ❤
R.I.P. Mr Winey. Thank you for your contribution to the audio world. You will be remembered and appreciated forever 🙏🎶
Lovely tribute
The Magnepan speakers are the deal of the century. For classical music lovers, they can't be beat. Thank you Jim Winey
Maggie's with subs can play anything honestly.
Basically a true story.@@Audfile
I heard my first pair of Maggies back in 1984 as a college freshman paired with a Velodyne subwoofer and as I recall, Audio Research electronics. I was hooked. Fast forward to 2000 when I was finally able to afford a pair of MG-1.6/QRs which are now paired with a REL T/7 subwoofer and Rotel electronics. I listen to this system almost daily, and my beloved Maggies still sound amazing. Affordable and fairly priced indeed! RIP Mr. Winey. Thank you for bringing great sound to so many audiophiles! Your contribution to this hobby will never be forgotten.
I purchased my first Maggie’s in 1975 and continue to own Maggies. My latest are the great 3.7is. May God comfort the Winey family during this difficult time. RIP, Mr. Winey.
Love my Maggies Thanks Jim, you made a product that touched my soul. Made in America sold in China.
What a great eulogy to a great man. Thank you to both of you!
This past week was my first Magnepan experience, I’m a proud owner of a new pair of LRS+. I appreciate Jim was humble and didn’t name the company after himself like so many other brands, although the name Winey speakers might have turned some people off. 😉
And never used crazy prices to position their products!! Magnepan is high-end sound with prices related to production costs instead of marketing shenanigans. Something totally unusual in the hi-fi world always prone to elitism and stupidity. I hope they continue with this honest and pro-consumer philosophy that Jim had.
My first three loudspeakers were Magnepans, the first sold to me by Mike Kay of Lyric Hifi fame. I can’t think of a better value for dollar in high end audio. Thank you Robert for this video. I think you summed it up perfectly.
Robert thank you for helping us celebrate the life of a visionary who brings so much joy to so many through such iconic and great music reproduction - and thanks above all to Jim Winey - RIP
Eternal rest… Grateful for what he did for our hobby and my personal enjoyment of recorded music.
So sorry to hear that. I still have the 1Bs that I purchased in 1975, rebuilt twice, and, knock on wood, still have them. Along with an SP3A-1, SP6, two D75As and a D75. Heaven, where, if you believe in that, I hope he now resides.
Jim was a very nice guy..really changed the landscape of audio...a true hero....rip my friend
Thank you for memorializing a real pioneer and innovator in the world of high-end stereo. Jim Winey was a brilliant man who brought something unique to audiophiles everywhere.
He will be sorely missed.
Very sad to hear of his passing. I still have my Magnepan MG-1.5/QR Speakers that are around thirty years old and still going strong. I think that when Magnepans are set up correctly they are hard to beat.
RIP Mr Winey, thx for bringing us the joy in music and songs. Thank you!
Maestro Jim Winey; as your former exclusive agent in Iran ❤️🤍💚; I do salut and bow down in respect 🫡 for your timeless commitment and contributions to our beloved high end audio industry. I’ll cherish the memories of talking to you on the phone 📞 about music and BEYOND for the rest of my life. Dearest Wendell Diller; I am sorry for your loss.
I've owned four pair of Magnepans since 1995, and still have two of those pairs.
R.I.P. Jim......
I met him in 1975 when he came to a stereo shop where I was working. He offered me the employee discount on a pair of MGIIas that I owned until 2021. I now have 3.7is in my listening room and Mini Maggies on my computer desktop.
RIP.
R.I.P.
My Maggies 2.7 and I, thanks you Jim...
When biamped with tubes on midrange and treble and transistors on bass there is no music the Maggie 1.6's can't excel on. May the Lord embrace Jim Winey's musical spirit (Thanks for making it sound so good) and bless his family and his company! This is from a 64 year old O.G Black man, music lover and hi-fi enthusiast. Peace and blessings, Amen.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank Jim you for creating Magnepans.
They where my first speakers, as my second and probably also my third pair, when I have saved up enough.
RIP Mr Winey,
R.I.P. Jim
Thanks Jim. I love mine. ❤️
Very nice thanks.
Rest easy Jim.
You know, I was confused when I saw these tributes come out today, but then I realized what it was. I thought that Jim Winey had passed away a number of years ago. But I was actually thinking of Harry Pearson, who passed away ten years ago. Nonetheless, both of them were great figures in hi-fi. God bless their memories.
Dang. Well, a heck of a good run. Almost nine whole decades.
Why are all these great people dying now ? I never owned Magnepan speakers but I always appreciated them. They have a nice big sound. I went with Acoustat electrostatic speakers instead.
R.I.P. Mr. Winey.
Sadly, whenever you hear a Magnepan (except for their original Tympani models) you think "why is there no bass?"
When they took them on a dealer tour the pair of 30.7s they were demoing exhibited the worst sound I had ever heard, and they tried to fix the crossover with a handful of loose components and alligator clips.
Ran anemic 20.7s couple years
Saved $10k for subwoofer setup
JLA cr-1 active crossover
2/Rel Carbon Specials
Shunyata Python xlr's 2.5m
there true ribbon is nothing new and as old as 1930 or something.. wtf
Nice concept and great invention by Jim. Unfortunately they sound like shit.