Magnepan 1.7

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!

Excellent result, Dsper.
Just a little messing around and a FREE upgrade.

Now, if you're in the mood for some futher furniture moving, try listening to the pole piece side! Again, I prefer tweeters in, but that shouldn't matter to you. Your room. Your ears.

Have fun.

Try it?

You are right - a free upgrade in about five minutes!

I am going to savor this for a while before I flip them from front to back.

Just seems a little too far out for my sensibilities at this point!

One other thing I forgot to mentin is that Magnepan provides plastic washers that can be used to tilt the speakers. They fit between the foot brackets and the speaker itself.

When inserted this has the effect of tilting the speakers slightly back.

I have done this and did not notice a real change in the sound. I have left them that way. My suspicion is that this would have an effect depending on the distance between the listening chair and the speakers.

Man, what a can of worms!
To tilt or not to tilt, that is the question.

You're on your own with this one! Some people may even install the spacers on the TOP screws to tilt 'em forward.

I run straight up/dn but will build some adjustment into my frames......with a proprietary design.