What leads you to believe that the Maggies are "going faulty"? Is it just because they've lost some sparkle? If so, I'm with @mijostyn. When was the last time you replaced the tubes in the LS17? Good NOS tubes in a preamp can definitely bring back that sparkle. Sometimes it happens so gradually you don't even realize it was gone until you replace the tubes.
Confused and need help
After finding out that my 1.7 maggies were going faulty and losing their sparkle i went on the hunt for new gear.
I took my gear (2x parasound A21 and my ARC LS17se preamp ) and went shopping.
I had heard great comments about the 30.2 harbeths so i hooked up my gear and listened for a few hours, i was not impressed, something was missing, it was flat, and boring.
I connected up the new Ayre integrated amp and wow, the 30.2 sounded so full, warm, accurate.
Surely my electronics are not that poor quality?
I took my gear (2x parasound A21 and my ARC LS17se preamp ) and went shopping.
I had heard great comments about the 30.2 harbeths so i hooked up my gear and listened for a few hours, i was not impressed, something was missing, it was flat, and boring.
I connected up the new Ayre integrated amp and wow, the 30.2 sounded so full, warm, accurate.
Surely my electronics are not that poor quality?