Magnepan 1.7

I don't know about the Wyred integrates, but several people use their power amps with the Maggies with good results.

BTW, I've noticed the same improvement in detail during Maggie break-in, it seems par for the course.

I use a PSAudio GCC series integrated. It uses the same ASP ICE modules but apparently different input circuitry. Both amps have a single balanced input....#1, single ended inputs, an additional output (to another amp or sub) and the same frontpanel AND backpanel arrangement. Built on the same line, I suspect.

That being said, the 500x2 of my GCC250 is more than adequate for my 1.6s. If, as you say, you are listening at lower levels, you will simply NOT need the 3db offered by the kilowatt model. Also, the smaller module in my amp has a 60 second max power time limit while the larger module limits itself to 30 seconds.
The difference between the W4S and the PSAudio would appear to be the gain cell offered only in the PS amps.

I suspect that interchanged into the same system, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.

"11-11-10: Charlesjnicholas
I've had my 1.7s for nearly 3 months and have several hundred hours on them.
......
I'I much prefer them to the B&W 802Ds, Usher 718s, KEF 201/2s and Apogee Duetta IIs I've used in the same listening area over the past several years and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking at speakers selling for less than $10k"

I am a happy owner of kef reference 201/2.
I bought them for my small room but now I have to move to a bigger one.
In the bigger room they lack some body and are a bit lean for my tastes.
Is it a downgrade going from kef ref to magnepan 1.7?
I will drive them with pass labs x150.5
thank you
Nikos
(I love the martin logan sound, if that makes any difference...)

Have you experimented with SETUP? Panels can require some patients in that department.
Also, flip 'em around. Adjust toe. Adjust front wall spacing.

Keep track of what you try.

Hey Magfan,

Are you out there?

You may remember that I received my Maggie 1.7's just after Thanksgiving and originally set them up with the tweeters on the outside.

Since then, the speakers have about 100 hours on them so I decided to start playing with the setup.

I just switched the speakers today so that the tweeters are now on the inside.

Fantastic improvement! The sound is tighter, more focused and more detailed. It is an amazing change.

For example, I have a Willie Nile CD called "House of a Thousand Guitars". The sixth track is a song called "Now That The War Is Over". Christopher Hoffman plays a cello line that you can hear underneath the piano and vocals.

It was...well...indistinct with tweeters out. With tweeters in, the cello sounds like a cello and you can almost feel the bow on the strings. There is amazing texture to the sound.

Wow!