Magnepan 1.6 vs Magnepan MG-1

Question.. Eldartford have you bypassed the fuses and the tweeter attenuator all together on the Maggies ? If you have changed the binding post..where did you get the uprades from? I may just send everything to the Tireguy and let him deal with it! LOL!!!!

Tireguy needs to start a mod company for the maggies! I will be one of the first in line. Tireguy when did you say you were going on vacation again ? HEh Heh Heh

Eldartford... I couldn't help myself ..had to remove the fuses and bypass the resistor. The 2.5Rs sound like a totally different speaker.Someone needs to design a fuse that doesn't diminish the sound quality.Until then I guess I will be riding the edge of tweeter destruction. Are you going to make outboard crossovers or just replace components on the panel? May try this just not sure where to start thou. Might be easier for me to pack them up and send them to you ! HEh hee

Eldartford..no the 2.5R is a two way design. Here's a general spec sheet of the differences in Magnepans former and current models.http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/articles/speakers.html

Please keep me informed of what components you find that work the best in the crossover. It would be nice if there was a guide book with different types of upgrades and what each one will do to change the sound in the magnepans. But I understand it will be trial and error.A guide book may save a little money in parts thou.

Eldartford..can you get the same results buy using a Behringer DCX2496 Ultra Drive Pro Digital Crossover System? This only cost around $350.00 new. I am curious if I can use this and do away with the on board crossovers completely. Looks pretty complicated. But it would be faster to dial the settings in than solder and scrap parts on a regular basis. What do you think?http://www.americanmusical.com/st/aspx/i-BEH+DCX2496/en/item.htm

If this will work all I need to do is straight wire my ribbon and bass drivers to separate binding post...I think.

Ok cool!!! I was thinking of using 4 channels of my Panasonic. Similar to Newform Research setup. I know the Behringer has Zero attack limiters on all output channels. This is supposed to protect the speakers to a degree...Man I sure hate to put that fuse back in.Does the Audio Control Richter Scale have this? If so this will be my next project. Always wanted to use an active crossover on two channel. Thanks for all the info Eldartford.