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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

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mofimadness
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I've always used Cardas jumpers.

https://www.dedicatedaudio.com/products/cardas-magneplaner-tweeter-attentuator-jumper-kit-pair

https://www.dedicatedaudio.com/collections/cardas/products/cardas-clear-premium-speaker-jumpers-pair...
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Can anybody reading this thread attest to a blown fuse ?
I was a Magnepan dealer for many years.  I can attest to many blown fuses.  I have even popped a few myself.  I had to keep fuses in stock for my customers that were a little heavy handed :-)  So, yes it does indeed happen...
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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.
I assumed we were talking about stock factory Magnepans?  The link you posted to above, show speakers that are very far from "factory stock".  Who knows what perimeters have been changed with all of your modifications?

Also, why spend the money on this "kit", when you can pull off the back plate and easily rewire the connectors to bypass the holders.  This can be reversed if/when you need to.  It creates a much shorter and better path than using jumpers and special fuses.

So if your talking about better fidelity, (which you are), then there are cheaper and better sounding options.

If any members are in Northern Colorado, I would be more than happy to perform this tweek for free, just get a hold of me.
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