Don't waste your money on jumpers for the 1.7... when you remove the speaker jack panel you can easily direct connect the wires together on the back of the panel eliminating a useless jumper that adds coloration when used. Do replace the capacitors in the crossover with better ones, they come with a 10uf Axon for the "super" tweeter, and a combination of 4 for the mid range (6.8 ERSE, 10 R.T.I, 25 Axon, 75 no-name in uf values). I've replaced the 6.8 with a Mundorf Supreme, and the 75 with an Axon resulting in better percussion sounds, and greater depth in tone color details. I have clarity caps on order for the super tweeter 10uf to try to get more resolution /sweetness in the extreme treble. Haven't figured out yet where to get a quality 1.4mh copper foil inductor for the bass as thats an uncommon value. Dueland makes them but $360 a side is pretty steep.
Magnepan 1.7 w/ Tubes & lots of Class D Power
Recently I stepped down from Martin Logan Summit Xs to Magnepan 1.7s. Was it a step down? Yes. Less of everything from the Xs (except warmth), but not bad and actually pretty good.
I am running the 1.7s with a Rogue Audio Athena (tube) preamp with upgraded Mundorf Silver Oil Capacitors and Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 (class d) monoblocks. A Lexicon RT-20 Universal Disk player is my primary source. I also use a Velodyne SPL-1200 sub.
I do not see a lot of these types of set ups. Actually, most "audiophiles" that I encounter frown on the entire system. To each their own. I love it. Open and clean with lots of seperation and detail. And incredibly smooth and warm. Anyone else out there with a similar set up?
Any tweeks for the 1.7s? I am thinking of changing the fuses and jumpers.
I am running the 1.7s with a Rogue Audio Athena (tube) preamp with upgraded Mundorf Silver Oil Capacitors and Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 (class d) monoblocks. A Lexicon RT-20 Universal Disk player is my primary source. I also use a Velodyne SPL-1200 sub.
I do not see a lot of these types of set ups. Actually, most "audiophiles" that I encounter frown on the entire system. To each their own. I love it. Open and clean with lots of seperation and detail. And incredibly smooth and warm. Anyone else out there with a similar set up?
Any tweeks for the 1.7s? I am thinking of changing the fuses and jumpers.