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Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP

I just bought a used 6 month old Magnepan 1.7 and hooked them to my old system, which consists on a Deonon 2900 Universal player, Emotiva USP Preamp and Rotel 1080 power amp and use anticables for speaker connections, and monster cables for interconnects. The sound is too bright for me, I used the provide 1 ohm resisters, still too bright, any recommendations. Bnrimal  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 05-21-11

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 05-21-11   You could try to dampen the wall behind the speakers and the ...   Mofimadness 05-21-11   Sorry, i also might add to try some different interconnect c ...   Mofimadness 05-21-11   I would definitely look to replace the anticables. i have fo ...   Tkmetz 05-22-11   I agree with tkmetz the anti cables and rotel may be the cul ...   Philjolet 05-22-11   I use anticables with my 1.6qrs. they are not bright at all ...   Brownsfan 05-22-11   I have never liked rotel amps with magnepans, and in genera ...   Jl35 05-22-11   I am not surprised you find the combination of gear currentl ...   Douglas_schroeder 05-22-11   Room,room and room...forget the cables and concentrate on th ...   Schipo 05-22-11   How many hours on the 1.7's although used they may not be br ...   Erikminer 05-22-11   If your tweeters are on the outside swap the speakers from l ...   Rrog 05-22-11   Of course all cables may sound different on different system ...   Stringreen 05-22-11   Here are all of the options 1- new power cables - try shun ...   Peleton 05-22-11   Yes, change out the anticables--they are nothing but glorifi ...   Jafreeman 05-22-11   First and foremost, make certain your speakers are set up pr ...   Markalarsen 05-22-11   Wow, i don't agree with any of these suggestions, and that's ...   Macdadtexas 05-22-11   I took me two years to get my 1.6 set up . first i hung floo ...   Maplegrovemusic 05-22-11   All panels sound bright to me .   Tmsorosk 05-22-11   I absolutely second macdadtexas's opinion   Hasmarto 05-22-11   I would look at your source first,then i would dump the emot ...   Hocheye 05-22-11   Thanks for all the interesting suggestions, i guess i have a ...   Bnrimal 05-22-11   I understand every system is different. in my case, i don't ...   Gte357s 05-22-11   Jafreeman...clearly you don't know what you're talking about ...   Stringreen 05-22-11   I'm partial to cary tube pre-amps, but i think the prima lun ...   Macdadtexas 05-22-11   Well you sort of opened a pandora's box when you asked this ...   Djcxxx 05-22-11   Djcxxxis giving good advice. usually the advice is to throw ...   Elizabeth 05-23-11   I agree with djcxxx. for example, if the bass is not right, ...   Markalarsen 05-23-11   Use 1.5 ohm resistors.   Rockguitardude 05-23-11   If you read all of the string, and know maggies, the problem ...   Macdadtexas 05-23-11   There is a lot of good advice and good ideas here. the take ...   Brownsfan 05-23-11   Your problem is simple,you have ferrari speakers running on ...   Markwatkiss 05-23-11   Nobody has suggested the cure which worked for me. my 1.6s ...   Magfan 05-23-11   My thoughts: 1. use the spacers on the stand screws to til ...   Stickman451 05-23-11   Additional thoughts: tweaking your room surroundings is goo ...   Stickman451 05-24-11   The 'not enough power' carp is, imo, a red herring. that is, ...   Magfan 05-24-11   Lots of interesting points. my room is 22ft by 32ft and 12 ...   Bnrimal 05-24-11: Philjolet I think if you had mentioned the room size in your original post the majority of the replies would have stated that the room is too big for the 1.7s, in addition to other info. Philjolet  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 05-24-11   Get cheap power cords/an ac filter from rat shack, and you w ...   Rodman99999 05-24-11   Having owned emo gear i would say replace the pre amp first ...   Bighead63 05-24-11   You should be 7.4 feet from your back wall. just try it. w ...   Markalarsen 05-25-11   A good tube pre under $500 maybe a bit hard to find. two bu ...   Gte357s 05-25-11   My maggie 1.7's are in a room with 9 foot ceilings, 35 feet ...   Dsper 05-26-11   There is a mapletree 2 se selling in audiocircle. u may be ...   Gte357s 05-26-11   For the record i too own a 'd' ice amp.... be careful with ...   Magfan 05-27-11   Rockguitardude has it right try the 1.5 ohm or evan higher ...   Audioconnection 05-27-11   Fyi, i lived with maggies for many many years. about a dozen ...   Frogman 05-28-11   Great question! what were the last set of speakers!? i had ...   Magfan 05-28-11   Great advice here. i offer a small addition. i had a similar ...   Manoterror 05-28-11   Magfan, my mgiiia's were "modded to their limit" w ...   Frogman 05-29-11   Good mods. i'd do it a little different...not necessarily b ...   Magfan 05-30-11   I would change the denon first and spend as much as you can ...   Hocheye

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