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New Magnepan 1.7 Owner

Hi guys. I'm the proud owner of really, my first pair of Magneplanar speakers (I only spent a few days with the MG12 and decided to upgrade). I picked up my 1.7's yesterday in the aluminum trim. I will post a review soon.

Anyway, I wanted to ask a few questions about the simplest of upgrades, replacing the tweeter jumpers and fuses.

I need recommendations on fuses and most importantly, where I can purchase them. Also, I don't know much about electronics but I think the value of the fuse is the same as the 1.6 correct? 4A Large Fast Blow?

Also, tweeter jumpers. I have some Audioquest Banana connectors and some Audioquest speaker wire, should I remove the stock jumpers and replace them?

Thanks guys, much appreciated.
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utley1
44 posts
 
I am also a week old Magnepan 1.7 owner. I am finding th sound thick(improved aftermuch placement efforts) and the upper midrange hard, Short of changing amp and pre-amp-any cost effective suggestions?
audioconnection
1,015 posts
 
Utley
Do you have the tweeters on the inside or outside?
Have you installed any of the supplied Resistors where the tweeter jumpers are yet?
Cheers Johnnyr
ibog1
54 posts
 
I, just this weekend set up a new pair out of the box hooked up to a Mcintosh 6600 integrated. It was dynamic, smooth and not at all harsh. I can't not substantiate the claim of, "I am finding th sound thick(improved aftermuch placement efforts) and the upper midrange hard." You may indeed need to change out associated gear.
utley1
44 posts
 
to Audio connection:
I believe the tweeters are on the outside. Wrong or right?

To Ibog1: Doesn't the Mcintsh 6600(I heard them in NYC) cost three time the price of the speakers? They damn well should do the job. I will probably go with some version of Bryston? Any opinions?

Many thanks......You are all great
crom
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You need to put atleast 300 hrs on them before any serious, critical listening evaluation. To speed it up put some brown noise on repeat on your cd player to help with breakin. I also started with tweeters out but changed to inside position and the sound began to gel. I did change fuses to HiFi tuning 4a fast blow fuses. They are directional and need to be pointing towards the floor. I also replaced metal tweeter attenuator bar with a short jumper. If you are adventurous you can unscrew and remove plate on back and move the red wire from the fuse holder directly to the negative terminal and bypass fuse and tweeter attenuator. If you want to keep the fuse intact you can take black wire from bottom of fuse holder directly to negative terminal and bypass tweeter attenuator.
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