Mike Hoatson

Could you become a Magnepan dealer?

Every audiophile knows about the decline in "brick and mortar" audio stores. Compared to the 70’s and 80’s, there has been a large increase in high-end products and fewer places to hear them. What is the future? Will we buy everything online with a home-trial option? No, we don't believe 2-channel retail stores will become obsolete. But change is inevitable. Meet Mike Hoatson and his little 2-channel store (The Listening Room) in the Baltimore area.

Mike is 29 years old. Mike believes the younger generations will move beyond headphones and earbuds if they can experience a high-end 2-channel system. And this is a career Mike has chosen because he loves it. To survive, many audio specialty dealers have had to diversify into custom integration. Mike has the technical skills for custom integration, but he is not interested. His passion is 2-channel audio.

We would like to see “Mike Hoatson” dealers in every city including smaller markets that lost their stereo store. Maybe you could become a Magnepan dealer.


The “New” Magnepan Dealer

Change is coming to Magnepan’s dealer network.

The pandemic sped up a process that began in the 1990's as stereo stores diversified into home theater and the custom installation business. Successful audio specialists still sell 2-channel audio but the emphasis is on products you would see thumbing through high-end stereo magazines. John Atkinson, then editor of Stereophile magazine, wrote a thoughtful article "The Upward Price Spiral".

https://www.stereophile.com/content/upward-price-spiral

Magnepan is still stuck back in the 1970's and '80's when "Sound Quality" was #1 and “Front Panel Appeal” was often a distant second. As we slowly move beyond the loss of dealers due to the pandemic, it is fertile ground for new, small stereo stores that resemble the stereo stores of the '70's and '80's. The Magnepan dealer in your area may be in the very early stages of starting a new 2-channel business. We know each individual very well and trust them. We are in the process of writing a biographical description of your dealer. ("Wendell Diller of Magnepan talks about your dealer")

For those that might be concerned, Magnepan guarantees your financial security to do business with your "New" Magnepan dealer.

Can I get a discount on Magneplanars?

It is common practice to post an inflated retail price so that the dealer can offer a "discount". Who do they think they are fooling? Not our customers, because we think our customers have above average intelligence.

When your dealer told you that there is no "fat" in the profit margin of a Magneplanar for a phony discount, he was correct. You could say we are conservative. We offer hand-crafted, American-made products of exceptional value. A phony discount scheme is not consistent with the way we do business.



Magnepan Dealers - USA

Magnepan Dealers - Canada

USA Dealers

Arizona

  • Tempe and Scottsdale (Phoenix): LMC Home Entertainment 15507 N Scottsdale Road Ste 135 Scottsdale AZ 85254
  • California

  • Anaheim: Scott Walker Audio 1215 N Tustin Avenue Anaheim CA 92807
  • Eureka: North Coast Audio 205 5th Street Eureka CA 95501
  • Monterey: Axiom Audio/Theater 501 Lighthouse Avenue Monterey, California 93940
  • San Diego: Stereo Unlimited 3191 Sports Arena Blvd. San Diego CA 92110
  • San Francisco: Future Sound 201 Linden Avenue So. San Francisco CA 94080
  • Woodland Hills: Shelley’s Stereo/Video 22102 Clarendon St. Woodland Hills CA 91367
  • Colorado

  • Denver: Sound Trek 2675 S Abilene St Suite 200 Aurora CO 80014
  • Delaware

  • Wilmington: Overture LLC 2423 Concord Pike Wilmington, Delaware 19803
  • Florida

  • Deerfield Beach (Miami): Audio Center 120 N Federal Hwy Deerfield Beach FL 33441
  • Jacksonville: House of Stereo 3110 Beach Blvd. Jacksonville FL 32207
  • Tampa: Sweet Home Audio 1581 Main Street Dunedin FL 34698
  • Georgia

  • Atlanta: HiFi Buys 3157 Peachtree Rd Atlanta GA 30305
  • Macon: Fusion Point 895 Burrus Rd Macon GA 31204
  • Savannah: Rody’s Audio Warehouse 311 Mall Blvd Savannah GA 31406
  • Idaho

  • Caldwell (Boise): 2cStereo 2922 Cleveland Blvd #200 Caldwell ID 83605
  • Iowa

  • Des Moines: Audio Labs 2212 Ingersoll Ave Des Moines IA 50312
  • Illinois

  • Champaign: Glenn Poor’s Audio Video 1745 West Kirby Ave. Champaign IL 61821
  • Chicago: Showroom dealer — alanz@audioconsultants.com
  • Indiana

  • Indianapolis: Ovation Ultimate LLC 6609 E 82nd St Indianapolis IN 46250
  • Kansas

  • Wichita: Artisan Home Technology 2146 N Collective Ln Suite 104 Wichita KS 67206
  • Louisiana

  • New Orleans: Wilson Audio 3133 Edenborn Metairie LA 70002
  • Maryland

  • Chestertown (Baltimore): The Listening Room Hampstead MD 21074
  • Massachussets

  • Framingham (Boston): Natural Sound Inc 401 Worcester Rd. Framingham MA 01701
  • Michigan

  • Royal Oak (Detroit): Audio Dimensions 31968 Woodward Ave Royal Oak MI 48073
  • Grand Rapids: Northwoods Audio 5150 Northland Drive NE Suite G Grand Rapids MI 49525
  • Portage/Kalamazoo: Kazoo Audio 6772B South Westnedge Portage Michigan 49002
  • Missouri

  • St. Louis: Showroom dealer — joem@mason.agency
  • Minnesota

  • Minneapolis: Audio Perfection 7401 Lyndale Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55423
  • Montana

  • Great Falls: Showroom dealer — e.city@hotmail.com, Electric City Sight and Sound, 406-268-1213
  • Nebraska

  • Omaha: Custom Electronics 7511 Pacific St Omaha NE 68114
  • Nevada

  • Reno: Channels AV 5475 Reno Corporate Drive #600 Reno NV 89511
  • Las Vegas: Lifestyle Audio Video Interiors 702-524-9618 400 S. Rampart Blvd Suite 180 Las Vegas NV 89145
  • New Jersey

  • Verona: Audio Connection 615 Bloomfield Ave. Verona New Jersey 07044
  • New Mexico

  • Cerrillos (Santa Fe): Absolute Audio 3600 Cerrillos Road, Ste 1106A Santa Fe NM 87507
  • New York

  • Albany: Hippo’s 1475 Western Avenue Albany NY 12203
  • Buffalo: Speaker Shop 3604 Main Street Amherst NY 14226
  • Rochester: The Analog Shop 57 East Main Street Victor New York 14564
  • Vestal (Binghampton): Audio Classics 3501 Vestal Road Vestal NY 13850
  • North Carolina

  • Charlotte: Audio Advice 11409 Carolina Place Pkwy Pineville NC 28134
  • Raleigh: Audio Advice 8621 Glenwood Ave Raleigh NC 27617
  • North Dakota

  • Fargo: Arctic Audio 3045 Main Ave Fargo ND 58103
  • Ohio

  • Cincinnati: Hanson Audio Video 10800 Montgomery Road Cincinnati OH 45242
  • Dayton: Hanson Audio Video 3140 Far Hills Avenue Dayton, OH 45429
  • Oklahoma

  • Tulsa: Dynamic Audio Designs 10021 S. Yale Suite 105 Tulsa OK 74137
  • Oregon

  • Eugene: Bradford’s Hi Fidelity 1020 Green Acres Road Suite 2 Eugene OR 97408
  • Portland: Pearl Audio Video 1038 NW Johnson Street Portland OR 97209
  • Pennsylvania

  • Natrona Heights (Pittsburgh): Butch’s Sound & Vision 911 Dallas Ave Natrona Heights PA 15065
  • Tennessee

  • Nashville: Brian’s Custom Theaters 994 Davidson Drive Nashville TN 37205
  • Texas

  • Austin: Audio Systems 1102 West Koenig Lane Austin TX 78756
  • Dallas: Dallas Audio Concepts 11661 Preston Rd Suite 280 Dallas TX 75230
  • El Paso: Sound Quest 6800 Gateway Blvd E. El Paso TX 79915
  • Houston: Timbre 2245.5 Portsmouth St. Houston TX 77098
  • San Antonio: Innovations In Home Theater 642 W. Rhapsody Suite C San Antonio TX 78216
  • Utah

  • Salt Lake City: Show and Tell AV Solutions 483 W 325 S Bountiful UT 84010
  • Washington

  • Tacoma: Advance Audio Systems 6450 Tacoma Mall Blvd Tacoma WA 98409
  • Wisconsin

  • Milwaukee: Audio Emporium 8766 North Deerwood Drive Brown Deer WI 53209
  • Canada Dealers

    Alberta

  • Edmonton: Audio Ark 10745 124 St. Edmonton AB Canada
  • British Columbia

  • Vernon: Spinners Sound Centre 3107 30th Avenue Vernon BC
  • Victoria: Sound Hounds 1532 Pandora Avenue Victoria BC Canada V8R 1A8
  • Ontario

  • Ottawa: Stereo Passion 1010 Polytek Street, Unit 35, 2nd Floor Ottowa, Ontario K1J 9J2
  • Toronto: Audio Excellence 70 Esna Park Dr #7, Markham, ON L3R 6E7, Canada
  • Quebec

  • Montreal: Codell Audio 8220 Devonshire Road Mont-Roya, Quebec H4P 2P7