Magnepan 3.7 Jumper Direction?

"He then changed some resistor, the electronics and the cables and all of a sudden the music took shape and snapped into place. It's not my cup of tea, but the everything he did made them sound that much better."

That's really not a cable issue. Magnepan is known for having bright/harsh sounding highs. They give you the resistors so you have the option of backing off on the highs.

OP,

It shouldn't matter which way you run the jumpers (at least with your cables). The direction is for break in. If for some reason, you unhooked your cables and put them back going the opposite way, you would need to fully break in the cables again.

Thanks all so far. My attempt was a DIY disaster. Just not a handy kind of guy. However, FWIW, the jumpers I made of some Anticables worked out and are quite an improvement over the stock ones. Tried some plain 10 or 12 ga. solid copper house wire. Rolled off the top some. Meh.

Dpmolino, I also made some jumpers for my 3.7s out of Anticable wire. They were really pretty good, and were certainly better than those things Magnepan supplies. I had some Audio Magic Liquid Air jumpers custom made, and they were another step up from the anti cables. I also use Liquid Air speaker cables with my 3.7s.

I'm not a fan of AQ type 4. Moved away from them years ago. Way too much grain for my ears.

Cardas makes some jumpers specifically for the Magnepan speakers. I use a full set of these from crossovers to the speakers and all of the jumper points.

Best I have ever used. Expensive, but IMHO, worth every penny.

You can buy the complete set or just the jumpers. They all use the special "Maggie Pin" for the connections and fit perfectly.

http://www.dedicatedaudio.com/inc/sdetail/115/349