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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. 06-02-11   For what it is worth, i tried the grant fidelity tube buffer ...   Dsper 06-02-11   Yeah, i think it all depends on the system synergy. i've bec ...   Manoterror 06-03-11   Bnrimal, please tell us what your previous pair of speakers ...   Frogman 06-05-11   Hi, have been playing with speaker positions and working on ...   Bnrimal 06-07-11   You can try repacing every component in your system like i d ...   Maplegrovemusic 06-09-11   Okay - the w4s sx1000 and stp se have arrived and been liste ...   Dsper 06-10-11   Hate to ask but did you actually listen to the maggies befor ...   Realhifi 06-10-11   excellent post,hits the nail square on the head.   Tpreaves 06-10-11   I definitely listened to the maggie 1.7's before buying them ...   Dsper 06-10-11   Good call, as the w4s breaks in, you will get more bass. no ...   Macdadtexas 06-11-11   Macdadtexas, you have 3.6's correct? outlaws of love - i ...   Dsper 06-11-11   Oui, mssr.   Macdadtexas 06-16-11   You can get resistors in tons of variants. i used just a .3 ...   Sthomas12321 06-17-11   So if i am following this correctly, the 1 ohm resistor took ...   Dsper 06-17-11   Yes....and no. magnepans are 'voiced' under certain listenin ...   Magfan 06-29-11   Hi guys, i'm a audiofreak from norway so my english isn't pe ...   Audiofreak__ 07-04-11   I have been a maggie owner for over 35 years with my first s ...   Ronwills 07-08-11: Guyw I'm driving mine with a Classe CA-300 amp and McIntosh MC2300 preamp through MIT interconnects and speaker cables. They are not bright to me, nor were they when I had a Meridian 502 preamp in there. As a matter of fact, when I first got them I thought they were not bright enough. Over the months, however, I have found that on female and male vocals, and especially choral works, these are the most realistic and natural sounding speakers I have ever owned. I have a Paradigm subwoofer with them as well, crossed over at about 40 Hz, and this may help to balance the overall sound as well. Just a thought. Guyw  (Answers | This Thread) 09-21-11   I have maggie 1.7's initially throught they were too bright, ...   Davide256 09-22-11   David, i wholeheartedly agree about upstream, but i would ne ...   Macdadtexas 09-22-11   Panels are bright and sterile sounding , deal with it .   Tmsorosk 09-23-11   When one remains silent others may believe you are wise or i ...   Djcxxx 09-23-11   Djcxxx, classicly well spoken.   Macdadtexas 09-23-11   Tmsorosk, have you ever heard quads driven by good tube amps ...   Frogman 09-23-11   Davide is right. using a different amp makes a difference wi ...   Nickjn 09-24-11   Hi, have you taken care of the brightness yet. if not you sh ...   Mlpdmark 09-30-11   I think you are right about the new maggies being bright. i ...   Mezzanine 10-01-11   I suppose if you find it acceptable to compromise you can us ...   Davide256 10-01-11   Have you tried flipp'in them around and listening to the pol ...   Magfan 10-02-11   (((i suppose if you find it acceptable to compromise you can ...   Audioconnection 10-02-11   Sorry, audioconnection, thats not science. a resistor in ser ...   Davide256 10-26-11   For what its worth, i auditioned the 1.7's with the rogue ch ...   Davide256 11-03-11   Everyone and his uncle knows that maggie speakers require lo ...   Casouza 11-23-11   Try to use class a amplifier w 100 watt for your 1.7. the th ...   S_c123 11-26-11   I went through same issue. i listened to them through high e ...   Bavarian05 11-26-11   Add a sub-woofer.   Stringreen 11-26-11   Another minor tweak is replacing the hard metal bar jumper w ...   Bavarian05 11-30-11   I tried a couple of different subwoofers with my 1.7's inclu ...   Dsper 03-19-12   I found that the gold hifi tuning fuses had a greater effect ...   Audiotunesx 03-19-12   "i love the magnepan's but they have cost a lot to get ...   Rodman99999 03-19-12   Fwiw this person got a different perspective with his 1.7's ...   Philjolet 03-20-12   Just to follow up, the 1.7's do sound incredible once you ha ...   Audiotunesx 03-20-12   You actually don't need to buy anything to bypass the magnep ...   Davide256 03-26-12   Davide256. can you describe the difference in sound after re ...   Jazzdrummer1969 03-26-12   I took delivery of my 1.7 last week. stock out of the box th ...   Jazzdrummer1969 03-26-12   Hi jazzdrummer1969, what source, pre and amp are you runnin ...   Bavarian05 03-26-12   Jazzdrummer i haven't really detected any difference but on ...   Davide256 03-28-12   Jazz, happy you have the 1.7's working! try the hifi tuning ...   Audiotunesx 04-01-12   I wouldn't be surprised if what you really are hearing is ju ...   Sthomas12321 04-03-12   It's a panel speaker, it's going to be bright no matter what ...   Tmsorosk 04-10-12   As of this time i am diagnosing the caps in the mg 1.7 cross ...   Davide256 04-11-12   As much as i love maggies, it continues to surprise me how t ...   Brownsfan 04-11-12   maggies by nature are on the bright side of the spectrum. ...   Pipedream 04-12-12   Agreed, my cj mf 2300a with a mapletree 2a se preamp sounds ...   Ejman 04-12-12   A good class d power amp of same or higher power would proba ...   Mapman 04-16-12   Has anyone tried sound anchor stands on the 1.7's or similar ...   Audiotunesx 07-13-12   Solution: sell me your speakers for a great price! check the ...   Kingmacaw 07-22-12   By the way after hearing the 1.7's twice i longed for my jus ...   Kingmacaw

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