maggie 1.6 mods

Just eliminating the fuse made a drastic improvement. Never tried the stands with my maggies. I think their are some high grade fuses available on the market now. This maybe a safer way to hear the differences. I've never used them in the maggies though.

I did however rebuild the crossovers. This also made a noticeable improvement.
The upgraded parts were so much larger,I had to make them outboard crossovers.

You can go to audioasylum and find plenty of info in the panel section about modifications.

This link will keep you busy for days...

http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/MUG/bbs.html

Then try this one:

http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/

Thank you GMood1 and Mofimadness!!!Looked up some mods on the Audioasylum threads and just finished bypassing the fuse and connection plate on my maggies..wire to wire now and the maggies are breathing so much easier...a very significant amount of glare, constriction and edginess are gone and the soundstage has way better depth..etc..etc..the improvement was obvious even to my non audiophile girlfriend.

If you want to take it a step further you can have Peter Gunn mod them for you for. If you are handy, which I think you are, you can build his outboard crossover yourself and build your own stands.

I bought and old pair of SMGa's for $250, repaired the wires, built his crossovers and my own stands. I am elated with the results.

For $1400 you can have him build you a virtually new pair of speakers. The only thing remaining from the original are the panels. If I bought a new pair of 1.6's and had some extra cash I would send them to him. His modded 1.6's supposedly sound better than stock 3.6's. Here is his website.

http://www.indiespinzone.com/mag/mag12.html

Pete you gotta let me come up and hear them sometimes!

Take care my friend!