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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.
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markalarsen
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First and foremost, make certain your speakers are set up properly in the room. Go to the cardas website. Also, see Jim Smith's book.

Then, make certain the first reflection points are dampened properly, e.g., RealTraps.

Mangnepans are very difficult and time consuming, IMO, to set up properly.
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I agree with Djcxxx. For example, if the bass is not right, that may cause them to sound too bright. Make what you have work to the best of its ability before you spend any money.
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You should be 7.4 feet from your back wall. Just try it.

www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=26&pagestring=Room+Setup
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