Magnepan Owners

Hi Barry, only partially true. If you drive your amps into distortion you should say.. To prove my point you can watch me drive the 3.7i to a limit as high as a live rock concert using Jeff Rowland monos known for their low distortion, The link is in my above post. You have no idea how far you can push Mags, I didnt. But I was willing to to find out. These are truly world class performers in a "dumbed down" (for lack of a better term) guise. No matter the level I bring the rig the Maggies hang with me and do not disappoint. Youll see in the videos there is no lack of dynamics in a Magnepan. One just needs to understand them and set them up properly to do what I'm doing in the videos. 

Cheers !

Mike

Hi Guys , thought I would weigh in quickly as I am the mod designer. As a point of reference I would not own nor use Magnepan in stock form, and soon I will have essentially removed the big panel and ribbon tweeter from what were new 3.7i, and chucked everything else. This was done more as an exercise than anything to see where we can go with these speakers, and what mods or experience I could pass on to my brother Maggie lovers. Ive used Maggie over 10 years, never using a fuse ever. Let me start by asking the readers, Ccn anybody reading this thread attest to a blown fuse ? Ive never even heard of it much less seen it. As a matter of fact, if you would like to see a 3.7i playing at over 90Db without even breaking a sweat then check out these vids I posted to the net.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiOmwLhAObKBHYlTfMAtHTw?sub_confirmation=1

Your concern is distortion not the fuse. My rig is low distortion, therefore smooth sailing. Bdp24 is right that whole fuse contraption degrades signal. The simple mod I posted as "instant" is exactly that. for people that just don’t want to tear in to their new Maggies. I’m one of those crazies that in the pursuit of knowledge will strip a new 3.7i bare to learn about it. Then I can offer mods or feedback on the nature of Magnepan as seen through the eyes of an OCD AudioFoil manufacturer and designer. These speakers are greatly misunderstood and Maggie keeps tight lips about what their real nature is most likely to keep an unbiased position on how to listen, or what to use, etc. First truth : Maggies are mid/high optimized. This means they will reproduce low frequency, sure, but removing low frequency from the Mag, and putting it to a sub, even in the case of 20 series, will exponentially increase your sonic experience. Finally the mids and highs are unimpeded by low freq vibration. I dont mean just adding subs, I mean high passing the Mags to REMOVE 80-90Hz and below. (with a slope of course) along with the subs. You will not believe the improvement it makes. Soon we be releasing an integrated stand with powered subwoofer so you will need no more floor space than you do now, and be able to add a sub and reap the benefits of bi amping and actively crossing over your Mags.

all the best and happy listening !

Mike

Dont be nervous unless your amp is underpowered meaning low CURRENT not wattage, or if you do silly things like change out RCA with amps on.. I’m sending a kit to a 30 year Magnepan dealer who told me never ONCE has he seen a blown fuse. Many people just bought these kits and I asked them to post results here.

@Itsky, there are no options, you remove protection for dummy mistakes. These fuses hurt the sound more than they are needed for anything.

Heavy handed ? lol, that does not blow fuses. To prove this I’m playing my 3.7i at around 100Db and taking a video. I posted it to youtube. It is not power that hurts any speaker, its distortion. If my kit broke speakers I would stop selling it. I do this to help maggie owners get the most out of their Maggie’s. I am a staunch Maggie lover. I get kidded by peers for having cheap speakers. What Ive got is smart speakers. They sound World Class at a fraction of the cost. Maggies sound horrible with fuses in, they are even bad to me with factory crossover. Not even close to balanced if you run a speaker response test. I like accuracy not flavoring, so perhaps I should state these maggie mods are in the pursuit of an accurate reference loudspeaker rather than a fun to listen to because of what its doung loudspeaker which theres a place for as well.

Hey guys, there is a reason its called an "instant" upgrade. Because it takes no longer than 5 minutes to do both speakers and they don’t need to be moved an inch. Thats the whole idea behind the kit nothing more. Never in the history of Magnepan has there been something this quick and this effective. Not even close.
For me, I’ll pull out some tools and strip a maggie to its bones, pull the tweeter and mid and throw the rest away. Why stop at steel fuse clips ? The crossover is junky, there is no frame to speak of and the baffle is horrible, not to mention the 3 layers of fabric over your drivers... so you will not go farther down the Rabbit Hole with Maggie than I will, But instead of expecting everyone to jump on the crazy boat with me, I recognize those that wish to join the mod fun, but do not have experience with electronics or even hand tools for that matter. I make the mod that everybody can play with and still reap a strong beneficial result. So go ahead and knock the $40 kit for being expensive...lol. There is not one recipient of this kit that did not appreciate how simple and effective it was..

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