Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP

You could try to dampen the wall behind the speakers and the side walls. You could also get a 2ohm or even a 3ohm resistor and try that, but normally dipoles need some type of acoustic treatment.

Sorry, I also might add to try some different interconnect cables too.

I would definitely look to replace the anticables. I have found them to be too bright with every combination of equipment I have used them with. Also, the Rotel 1080 amp sounds a little tilted up in the upper midrange to me when I heard on in my system a couple of years ago.

Hopefully, changing just the speaker cables will make a big enough difference.

I would try MAC CuQ..........very smooth, but detailed with a huge soundstage.

Good luck.

I agree with Tkmetz the anti cables and Rotel may be the culprits, I am not familiar with the Emotiva.

Maggies are known to be sensitive to the input signal and will be bright unless fed a quality signal.

Also make sure to dampen the first reflection points on the walls, floor and ceiling in your room, maybe even a ficus tree behind them to diffuse high end energy.

good luck

I use anticables with my 1.6QRs. They are not bright at all. I'm guessing it is the room. Treat the corners behind the speakers. It may also be the dennon.