Magnepan Owners

I have owned Magnepan 3.6 for 7 plus years.
(never have blown a fuse)
Several years ago i ran shorting wires across the fuses
Then actually went under the rear plate and skipped the midrange fuse in a way it can be put back.
I use the ’coil tweak’ in the tweeter jumper position. So I left that in place
I am buying some 20.7s and they are on order as I wait patently...
Looking at a copy of the inside of the panel on the 20.7 I see the wiring ends could be just moved over, to bypass the jumpers altogether.
(the nice thing is they are easy to put back to stock.Just take off two nuts and move one wire back.
So why bother with jumpers at all?
(taking the rear panel off take like one minute) There is plenty of room to pull out a few inches away from the back.
As for the fuses.. plan on leaving them stock for the first year....

And maybe after I own the 20.7 for several years, I would just hard wire the jumper with a splice.. ??

As for the sound with my 3.6? Yes there was a bit of greater clarity.
I certainly will bypass the midrange jumper at some point on the 20.7 (if they ever get here)

@mikepowellaudio

Just did the complete upgrade Mike. I will report back later but must say initial response is positive.

cheers 

Thanks everyone.. My goal was to offer an easy to install solution so not only the tweakers get to enjoy the spoils of a modded Maggie.. so I'm really glad to hear everyone seems to be enjoying the results.. The more enthusiasm you all give me the further I will go in the creations for Magnepan. Ive got a real doozy sitting on deck for the 3 series owners. But its not just a small tweak, its a transformative kit, but I will make it easy as possible for you all to perform at home. 

All the best !

Mike

@mikepowellaudio -

I’m totally satisfied and elated with the openness and spacious results I got from the upgrade kit. Crystal clear highs, all the nasally sound is definitely gone. Thanks a lot and forever a fan and customer. I did the complete upgrade/ removed fuses.

Cheers

Ummm...like...well...yeah.  Yes. 

I’ve never, and I mean never, blown a fuse on anything in my life, and unless I’m mistaken my Maggie 1.7i’s are the first loudspeakers I’ve had that employ fuses. I was somewhat hesitant to adhere to the whole megillah “upgrade” in Mike’s kit at first, but after considering how conservative my listening level is I thought that to NOT employ it as it is designed for would be downright silly. 

Replaced the stock fuses with the hollow tubes, slipped in the black jumpers, hooked up the ribbon cables. Easy-peasey. 

Yes, the upgrade, the “tweak”, the mod or whatever you want to describe it as,  improves upon  an already impressive loudspeaker.  Methinks the details are more keenly etched when they should be, the bass articulation is taut, organic, without artifice or bloat, and the mids/highs are, as they were to begin with, magically life-like.  I believe I’m also enjoying a better defined soundscape, particularly on live recordings. 

I don’t know a mosfet from a misfit,  don’t know an electronic microfad from a fashion micro-fad, (such as bell bottoms or man-buns) but I do know this makes a palpable improvement on my 1.7i’s.  They’re just a few weeks old right now and I’m happy as hell.