Magnepan 3.7i vocals sound harsh

Talked to Wendell yesterday he suggested trying 2ohm resistors in the tweeters and maybe som diffusion.
If anyone in the Boston Ma southern NH or RI area has the same speakers and wants to do some mutual listening let me know.

I have owned Maggies 3.5Rs and Parasound 2.1. I finally got rid of the Maggies for similar reasons as you, replaced them Emerald Physics KC IIs, an absolute bargain, I also upgraded to Parasound Halo P 5, which has a lot more more balls than the 2.1

hth

Waiting to receive some 1.5 and 2 ohm resistors in the mail.
Also looking into possible amp replacement.

Purchased 1.5 and 2.0 resistors fron Magnepan arrived but when installed take all the life out of my listening. Gone is all the high end magic . I'll go back to just jumpers maybe try a different amp or more diffusion .

The higher ohm fuses will only attenuate the high frequencies and will not affect midrange where most vocals live. Try diffusion but I doubt that’ll address your issue. I tend to agree with an earlier posting pointing to this harshness as a possible sign that the amp is straining although the harshness should normally be more evident in higher frequencies.