attenuating maggie 3.6's

As an experiment with low cost biwire, I replaced the one ohm resistor that I had been using with a small size wire run for the tweeter, calculated (and measured) to give me the one ohm that I like. I think the results are very good, and I don't know any other way to biwire for $8.50!

I would suggest that if you use a resistor that you use the highest quality type you can find. I tried the ones that came with my Maggies and they sounded somewhat grainy and less transparent. Magnepan does not appear to be supplying resistors of premium quality...

I don't know the best ones to use and I went back to using my Maggies without the resistors, but perhaps someone here has experimented more with different types and can tell you the best kind to use.

I believe the Magnepan literature, which says that many recordings are made with overbright highs to compensate for speakers that roll off. They suggest that you insert a resistor in series with the tweeter so as to match the Maggie response to what the recording engineer assumed when the recording was made. Every speaker crossover network that I know of except for Maggies has a tweeter "padding" resistor. Magnepan gives you the ability to easily select the value of this resistor so as to suit your taste (or more likely, your HF hearing).