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Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP

I just bought a used 6 month old Magnepan 1.7 and hooked them to my old system, which consists on a Deonon 2900 Universal player, Emotiva USP Preamp and Rotel 1080 power amp and use anticables for speaker connections, and monster cables for interconnects.

The sound is too bright for me, I used the provide 1 ohm resisters, still too bright, any recommendations.
bnrimal
macdadtexas
1,794 posts
 
David, I wholeheartedly agree about upstream, but I would never suggest wasting money on super expensive cables, especially power cables.

Once you gotten past the stock cable, with say a Signal Cable power cable, I think the changes are between the ears, not at the ear drums.

Interconnects definitely affect sound, but once again I would suggest putting that money towards better upstream gear and staying with moderate (once again Signal Cable, Blue Jean Cable, Kimber Kable Hero's, etc) interconnects.

Better, more effective use of captial dollars.
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
Panels are bright and sterile sounding , deal with it .
djcxxx
101 posts
 
When one remains silent others may believe you are wise or ignorant. Once you speak they will know for certain.
macdadtexas
1,794 posts
 
Djcxxx, classicly well spoken.
frogman
7,373 posts
 
Tmsorosk, have you ever heard Quads driven by good tube amps, or even ML-2's. Stax F-81's driven by OTL's, or Maggies driven by Jadis? All with good upstream gear, of course. Sterile? Bright? Are you serious?
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