2. amps-preamps
  3. 1306020430

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

Showing 3 responses by philjolet

philjolet's avatar
philjolet
2,305 posts
 
I agree with Tkmetz the anti cables and Rotel may be the culprits, I am not familiar with the Emotiva.

Maggies are known to be sensitive to the input signal and will be bright unless fed a quality signal.

Also make sure to dampen the first reflection points on the walls, floor and ceiling in your room, maybe even a ficus tree behind them to diffuse high end energy.

good luck
philjolet's avatar
philjolet
2,305 posts
 
I think if you had mentioned the room size in your original post the majority of the replies would have stated that the room is too big for the 1.7s, in addition to other info.
philjolet's avatar
philjolet
2,305 posts
 
fwiw this person got a different perspective with his 1.7's

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1332030982&&&/Magnepan-1-7-w-Tubes-lots-of-Class-D-Pow
More to discover