Is Magnepan is coming out with it's own amplifier


I had a dealer mentioned that magnepan was coming out with its own amplifier, does anybody know anything about it or if it's true? 
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@bdp24 Thanks so much for that information.  I will look into it.  EC-21's seem to be priced pretty high when they show up, which is not often.  I wonder if all the buyers understand that they were made for the I-C speakers?  I am sure they work OK on other speakers, but not really designed for general use, I guess.

Of course, I would have to copy the specs from the EC-21 to make sure it fit the speakers, but evidently both slope and values are set by the owner.

Cheers!

Richard
Back in the day, when Wendell was at Audio Research, they marketed together for a few years. We sold a lot of Mag/AR systems as they were great together--still are, by the way.

Trivia for those who do not know:

Audio Research EC-3 electronic crossover was made to work specifically with the Tympani I-C speakers and the EC-21 active and PC3 passive crossovers were made specifically for the Tympani I-D speakers.

SO, speakers as revealing as a Magnepan need the best stuff driving them. Since AR and Magnepan have been "broken up" since about 1975 or so, not surprising that they might want their own amp.

By the way, since I still listen to two pair of Tympani I-C speakers, if anyone has an EC-3 lying about gathering dust...

Cheers,

Richard