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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   I'm driving mine with a classe ca-300 amp and mcintosh mc230 ...   Guyw 09-21-11   I have maggie 1.7's initially throught they were too bright, ...   Davide256 09-22-11: Macdadtexas David, I wholeheartedly agree about upstream, but I would never suggest wasting money on super expensive cables, especially power cables. Once you gotten past the stock cable, with say a Signal Cable power cable, I think the changes are between the ears, not at the ear drums. Interconnects definitely affect sound, but once again I would suggest putting that money towards better upstream gear and staying with moderate (once again Signal Cable, Blue Jean Cable, Kimber Kable Hero's, etc) interconnects. Better, more effective use of captial dollars. Macdadtexas  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 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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