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Hi - Have any of you ever changed out the standard nickel Midrange or Tweeter jumpers on your Maggie’s with something else. Or have you replaced or bypassed the tweeter/midrange fuses? The reason I’m asking is that I read a review on Absolute Sound where the reviewer did, well at least the jumpers. After looking on the internet I came across a site called Verastarr and they offer a Magnepan kit which includes jumpers and a fuse replacement. The jumpers are Cryo treated 10AWG Silver plated copper in PTFE dielectric. The fuse is replaced with a polished 99.7 pure solid silver hollow tube. I understand the warranty risk with the fuse but wanted to see if anyone has ever tried the above. Supposedly this tweak takes the Maggie’s to another level of performance. I purchased the kit on Audiogon but will most likely just use the jumpers. Please let me know if you have any experience with either.

Cheers
bluesy41
mikepowellaudio-old
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Hi Barry, only partially true. If you drive your amps into distortion you should say.. To prove my point you can watch me drive the 3.7i to a limit as high as a live rock concert using Jeff Rowland monos known for their low distortion, The link is in my above post. You have no idea how far you can push Mags, I didnt. But I was willing to to find out. These are truly world class performers in a "dumbed down" (for lack of a better term) guise. No matter the level I bring the rig the Maggies hang with me and do not disappoint. Youll see in the videos there is no lack of dynamics in a Magnepan. One just needs to understand them and set them up properly to do what I'm doing in the videos. 

Cheers !

Mike
limniscate
241 posts
 
I've blown a fuse in my Magnepans before, so be careful bypassing the fuses.
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mofimadness
4,970 posts
 
Can anybody reading this thread attest to a blown fuse ?
I was a Magnepan dealer for many years.  I can attest to many blown fuses.  I have even popped a few myself.  I had to keep fuses in stock for my customers that were a little heavy handed :-)  So, yes it does indeed happen...
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lrsky
1,118 posts
 
bluesy41,
I checked out the site and am ordering the kit for my 20.7's. I suspect it will make a difference for me... maybe because I love placebo effects, lol. Seriously, in my own experience everything matters in audio, whether it's a good change or a bad change. So I'm willing to risk $80.00 for this product.
Let me know your experience.
Larry
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