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Originally Posted by M-Special
So I take it you will not be buying any of the TC patents up for auction then...
Oh yeah, not that I'm complaining but I was wondering why the new mag will only be built in a 12" size. Again, 12" is perfect for my needs, and I don't really care but I was curious.
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Haha, nope, I won't be buying any of the patents. The only one that's worth anything is the basket. The surround patent isn't of use to us at all. I'll let the big-boys fight over the basket patent. The results will be interesting...especially if the build house that owns the tooling wins the auction.
Then the basket will be an open tool for anyone to use.
The new Mag is being built in a 12" size because 12" subs have out-sold every other size by a factor of at least 2-to-1. When the 15" Mag's were hot, we sold 2 Mag 12's for every single 15" Mag we sold. We also sold 4 Mag or BM 12's for every single 10" BM we sold.
Our specialty has always been 12's. That's where we started. We expanded from there and made other sizes in multiple series's (successfully too, might I add...the other drivers kicked ass).
But what it all boils down to is that I've spent a LOT of time just on the 12" size. By a lot of time, I mean two years. Sure I've "narrowed" my market, but I don't care. It doesn't bother me because I know that I've spent all of my time and energy to bring forward the most technologically advanced, best-sounding, Mag we've ever produced. The 12" only idea is specialization at its finest. I didn't cut any corners by trying to bring an 8, 10, 12, 15, and 18. Instead of messing around with different sized moving assemblies on the same motor (which is what almost ALL companies do), I spent all of my time working on a single size.