Replacing the jumpers with Cardas Golden Reference, and using Hi Fi Tuning fuses will make a significant improvement.
Review: Magnepan MG-3.6r Speaker
Category: Speakers
I predominantely listen to Classical, 20th Century, Jazz, Chamber and Baroque. Some blues and progressive art rock sneaks in on occassion. Speakers should deliver as much of the elusive nature of live music as possible, by which I mean speakers should allow all of the music through. Music breathes! It is a living organic art form that has size, dimension and effortless clarity. Music played live blooms, grows and exists in space and has definate tone and seemingly unlimited dynamic range. It is distortion free and relaxed yet laid bare with no constraints. Any speaker or system that constricts and or robs the music of it's effortless dynamic bloom and definition in space and time cheats us of the special connection we have with said music. My recent purchase of Magnepan MG 3.6R speakers with new direct connect crossovers are an epiphany to say the least.
First off let's dispell with some commonly perpetuated beliefs regarding Magnepan Speakers. My Magneplanars are not weak in the bass. They are not extremely hard to drive or place for great results. The sweat spot is not small but huge compared to anything else available. Transparency across the frequency ranges are state of the art with no reservations. I sold my Sophias and was shocked at how conventional, forced and muddy they sounded compared to the 3.6R's. The Magnepans present music as it occurs naturally and in a completely relaxed yet highly defined manner. Dynamic gradations, scale, tonality, texture, dimensionality, contrast and quickness are all re-created as they are in real life. The 3.6's are conduits to what happened at the recording session...not just facsimile's.
Let me also say that after hearing what is possible with the Maggies, no box speaker can even come close to the magic that they create. With the Magnepans, music exists in space right in front of you...nothing added and nothing subtracted. At least nothing that matters. I have owned many great speakers and have listened to many others, but none and I mean not even something like the Magico 5's can give you an authentic re-creation of the original musical event to the same degree as the MG 3.6's can. Once you own a pair you will understand and rekindle a new and even more fruitfull love affair with music...they are Manna from Heaven or should I say Minnesota:O)
Associated gear
Krell 400xi
Sony XA5400ES
MIT V1.2 Proline IC & AC2 PC
Transparent Powerlink Reference MM
Monster M2.2 Spkr cables
Similar products
Wilson WP 6 & Sophia
Dynaudio C4's
ML Odyssey's
B&W 801 Nautilus
Totem Wind
Krell Resolution 1's and 2's
Dunlavy SC-V's
I predominantely listen to Classical, 20th Century, Jazz, Chamber and Baroque. Some blues and progressive art rock sneaks in on occassion. Speakers should deliver as much of the elusive nature of live music as possible, by which I mean speakers should allow all of the music through. Music breathes! It is a living organic art form that has size, dimension and effortless clarity. Music played live blooms, grows and exists in space and has definate tone and seemingly unlimited dynamic range. It is distortion free and relaxed yet laid bare with no constraints. Any speaker or system that constricts and or robs the music of it's effortless dynamic bloom and definition in space and time cheats us of the special connection we have with said music. My recent purchase of Magnepan MG 3.6R speakers with new direct connect crossovers are an epiphany to say the least.
First off let's dispell with some commonly perpetuated beliefs regarding Magnepan Speakers. My Magneplanars are not weak in the bass. They are not extremely hard to drive or place for great results. The sweat spot is not small but huge compared to anything else available. Transparency across the frequency ranges are state of the art with no reservations. I sold my Sophias and was shocked at how conventional, forced and muddy they sounded compared to the 3.6R's. The Magnepans present music as it occurs naturally and in a completely relaxed yet highly defined manner. Dynamic gradations, scale, tonality, texture, dimensionality, contrast and quickness are all re-created as they are in real life. The 3.6's are conduits to what happened at the recording session...not just facsimile's.
Let me also say that after hearing what is possible with the Maggies, no box speaker can even come close to the magic that they create. With the Magnepans, music exists in space right in front of you...nothing added and nothing subtracted. At least nothing that matters. I have owned many great speakers and have listened to many others, but none and I mean not even something like the Magico 5's can give you an authentic re-creation of the original musical event to the same degree as the MG 3.6's can. Once you own a pair you will understand and rekindle a new and even more fruitfull love affair with music...they are Manna from Heaven or should I say Minnesota:O)
Associated gear
Krell 400xi
Sony XA5400ES
MIT V1.2 Proline IC & AC2 PC
Transparent Powerlink Reference MM
Monster M2.2 Spkr cables
Similar products
Wilson WP 6 & Sophia
Dynaudio C4's
ML Odyssey's
B&W 801 Nautilus
Totem Wind
Krell Resolution 1's and 2's
Dunlavy SC-V's