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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.

Cheers
bluesy41
bluesy41 OP
211 posts
 
Trust me folks it’s an easy upgrade if your not comfortable with removing the back panel that works. I really love how open my Maggie’s are now.

Cheers 
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4hannons
166 posts
 
I received the upgrade kit -- I believe this has improved the overall clarity, but especially noticing the bass seems less boomy, and I thought I didn't have boom, haha. I'm using two Vandersteen 2Wq's with the Q set at 2, for those who know. IOW it's a tight setting, not loose or boomy. The kit is well worth the price -- not worried at all about the fuse, I've never blown a fuse in 6 years of owning 1.7.
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oblgny
738 posts
 
Like anything the mod requires a little time to have noticeable effects;  my 1.7i’s were brand new when I opted for Mike’s kit so a true “comparison” test of something I was long accustomed to and the “new” is somewhat inapplicable. 

Although...

I’ve had MMG, .7, MGIIIA, so I’m very familiar with Maggies and their sonics.  The most immediate aspect of the kit is the bass - right and right.  The bass drum on Ginger Baker’s “Cyril Davis” sounds as good as it did on my Thiel 3.5’s - like a bass drum.  No bloat, no bloom. 

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