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| Magnepan 1.7 crossover capacitor improvement? I had the kind of glare issues you are describing with my 1.6's. Treating the corners from floor to ceiling tamed most of it. When I replaced the 1.6's with 3.7's, I was shocked to see the glare completely eliminated. I have wondered if the differ... | |
| Crisp sounding tubes for Modwright 5400ES I also have a modwright 5400. Wonderful player. As much as I love the Mullard 5AR4, it would be moving in the wrong direction based on my experience. I would suggest you go with a new production Create Audio tube. I found this tube to be less "tub... | |
| BAT vk-55 or C-J LP66S I've heard the BAT but not the CJ. I really liked the BAT. If I were in the market for a tube amp, it would gain very serious consideration. | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP As much as I love Maggies, it continues to surprise me how they continue to nickle and dime their speakers. I know they want to hit price points, but good grief. It seems like they could be so much better with just a few extra bucks. Well, I'm gla... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 Mn2hifi, congrats on the new 3.7's. Let me suggest that you replace the jumpers and fuses asap. Jerry made me up a pair of Audio Magic liquid air jumpers, but while I was waiting on those I sacraficed an old pair of Anti-Cables and made my own, wh... | |
| Difference in Demands on Amps I think there was a thread about a year ago from someone who was having trouble driving the 20.1's with the Cary 500's. If I recall correctly, it was pointed out that the 20.1's had a pretty significant impedance dip to about 2 ohms that you don't... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 w/ Tubes & lots of Class D Power I have a pair of 3.7's. Before that I had 1.6's. No experience with the 1.7's. Based on my experience, go for it on the jumpers and fuses. I sacrificed an old pair of anti cable's and made my own jumpers. Oh my, what a difference. Then I got some ... | |
| Serious Classical Labels Linn, Channel, and Pentatone are the top tier, followed by Bis, Ondine, and MD&G. | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Rhyno, I just put one of the new Audio Magic Liquid Air Fuses in my PS for the MW 5400 about 2 weeks ago. It did not make a huge difference over the stock fuse in my estimation. It seemed to impart a bit of an improvement in dynamics, but did not ... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 I also asked Dan about this a while ago. He offered guidance on the fuse for the power supply but did not know the proper fuse value for the player per se. I also have not yet removed the cover to see for myself, but I will eventually want to repl... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 Mike, I couldn't agree more. I auditioned a lot of speakers and I thought the 3.7's easily played in the Wilson's league. Let's see, $5500 or $17000? Gee, that's a tough decision.I'm also intrigued by how the 3.7's with subs would stack up against... | |
| Maggie speakers and bi-amping I think Magnepan looked at the problem in a different way that many owners of the x.6 generation are looking at it. I think they said, "How do we build the best speaker at $xxxx price point?" Their answer to that question utilizes a series crossov... | |
| Tube sellers Agree with Thorman. NOS should be taken with a 100kg grain of salt. The important point is the actual performance of the tube, not if it has or has not ever been used. In fact, I suppose its possible for a 50 year old tube to go bad even if it has... | |
| Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7 I'm not sure what the problem was with the OP's set up. Again, my Cary's are having no issues with my 3.7R's. They handle Mahler(front row loud)without complaint. There is not an inherent incompatibility between the Cary's and the Maggies. Somethi... | |
| U.S. Symphony Orchestras Learsfool,To your last point, the decision my wife and I made to cancel our subscription and donations was a difficult one. I remember telling my wife, "We may not like what is going on, but these musicians deserve our support. What happened is no... |