I’ve always(with my SMGa, MMg, MG12qr and now- 1.7i Maggies) removed the input plate, replaced the stainless steel posts with WBT 5 ways, and while I’m in there, simply remove the tweeter’s hot wire, from the jumper and connect it to the input side of the fuse, bypassing both. Of course: adequate, clean power(no clipping) is a necessity, or you’ll burn your tweeters. I can easily understand why few would choose this path, but- it's worked for me, for over two decades(and I like my high SPLs).
Magnepan Owners
Hi - Have any of you ever changed out the standard nickel Midrange or Tweeter jumpers on your Maggie’s with something else. Or have you replaced or bypassed the tweeter/midrange fuses? The reason I’m asking is that I read a review on Absolute Sound where the reviewer did, well at least the jumpers. After looking on the internet I came across a site called Verastarr and they offer a Magnepan kit which includes jumpers and a fuse replacement. The jumpers are Cryo treated 10AWG Silver plated copper in PTFE dielectric. The fuse is replaced with a polished 99.7 pure solid silver hollow tube. I understand the warranty risk with the fuse but wanted to see if anyone has ever tried the above. Supposedly this tweak takes the Maggie’s to another level of performance. I purchased the kit on Audiogon but will most likely just use the jumpers. Please let me know if you have any experience with either.
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@rodman99999 @lemniscate @kalali - I’m going to give the jumpers a try. Guys please go to www.verastarr.com and click on the Magnepan upgrade link and tell me what you think. Cheers |
@rodman99999 @lemniscate @kalali - I’m going to give the jumpers a try. Guys please go to www.verastarr.com and click on the Magnepan upgrade link and tell me what you think. Cheers |
Head over to the Planar Speaker Asylum forum. There are some serious, long-term Maggie owners who have posted all kinds of ways to upgrade Maggies, from the simple to the extreme. Replacing the jumpers and fuses with good wire is fine, but it ignores a serious problem---the ferrous parts Magnepan uses in the connectors themselves! I took a magnet to find the steel (steel!) parts in my Tympani-IVa’s; there were a couple---the fuse holder and speaker wire/banana plug receptacles both contain steel. Unacceptable. You can do what other Maggie owners have done---bypass the fuse holder altogether, and install Cardas binding posts in place of the horrid Magnapan wire/banana plug receptacle. The Cardas post fits into the stock hole without modification. |
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