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| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? It ISN'T complicated. Just take it a step at a time, be careful and you'll be OK.What's the problem? Most people report the bleepin' STAPLES are the single worst part of it.But, that being said, crossover upgrade is not a trivial operation. You wi... | |
| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? Short Answer::Go to MUG.....'Magnepan Users Group' or Audio Asylum....planar divisionLong Answer::Place Panel on table, connector side up.Remove stand. Save the 4 screws and any spacers.On the bottom of the panel there will be hundreds of staples.... | |
| Airport Express "local clock" issue? Several questions:Does the upgrade for the AE help its clocking? What is Airfoil? I just use whatever my Imac comes with to talk to the AE. When trying this, I don't know if you'd call it a dropout or not, but the music would get very 'glassy' and... | |
| Cambridge CD Players - 840C vs. 740C Their are enough real differences to make it a matter of choice. The 840c 's balanced outs are very nice. Very, very quiet.i use one of the DA inputs from my small dish and the other from my upsampling DVD player. Go to CA site and read the 'blurb... | |
| A "blind" speaker recommendation based on specs... even more important than impedance, at least to a stable amp design, would be the phase angle of the load. B&W? Stereophile may have tested and measured these. Impedance mins at large phase angle indicate 'worse' load. If the proposed speaker ... | |
| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? Now 'yer talkin!Exactly.FWIW, PG was not in love with the 1.7s......just FWIW. | |
| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? Some would contend that swapping the 'dead' MDF for real wood makes the biggest difference possible. Others have redesigned the crossover and claim great help. Personally, I'll stick with the stock crossover design with improved parts. Aircore ind... | |
| Which amp is best to drive Magneplanar 1.6's? Using a DVM which I know is not the best method, I've never measured more than about 8vac at my speaker terminals. Give it 20% bump for latency and you've got 10vac.....at the peaks. That works out to what.....about 20 watts at 2.2 amps? That is u... | |
| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? Have you tried or thought about modding your 1.6s?Even something as simple as flipping them around so the pole piece is facing you, the listener makes a big change. I think it's for the better, but you can decide for yourself. The simple rotate pu... | |
| Are Magnepan MG-IIIa speakers problematic? I've been a Magnepan owner for 35 troublefree years. My MG-1s were sent to White Bear Lake for a factory rebuild....this was before I'd even heard of MUG or the like. Once setup and in-place they are no more trouble than any other speaker. Take th... | |
| Acoustic Damping Behind Speakers? How about a couple large plants (artificial?) as diffusion? It works behind my panels. I still listen to Supertramp's Crime of the Century.....and am probably down to no more than 20 active brain cells. | |
| Using 2 Subwoofers Multiple subs, placed asymmetrically should even out some nodes....bumps and dips.Equalization will help for a small area at the expense of larger peaks or dips elsewhere. For a single listener, a single equalized sub should work. In my room, wher... | |
| I need guidance :- Too late, than. You're done for!When moving into a new apartment, I would turn it up too loud. Louder than I'd listen to it normally. When someone would complain......or I'd be out front hanging out drinking a beer, I'd go into my 'Deaf Act'. I go... | |
| I need guidance :- Is it TOO LATE to convince your neighbors that you are DEAF?I've run that game with great success. The idea of a DEAF audiophile seems never to occur to anyone as a wacky proposition. | |
| Tweaking the Magnepan 1.7s What kind of JUMPERS? Mine are untouched since purchase and are daily in my sight since rotating the panels.Did you try the rotate yet? With the (positive) effects I noted, I heartily recommend that move. Mine are NEVER going back and when I refra... |