New Magnepan 1.7 Owner

Well... Tomorrow I head to the local mag dealer w cash in hand. I'll take a listen again and make sone decisions. Would be my first pair of magnepans.

Chris

I am in the club - and man, the chills have finally returned to my listening sessions. Happily sold my b&w 703's for these, and I'd do it all over again if I had to. They aren't even broken in yet- paired with a Bryston 3B and a REL sub- magic in the making.

Happy in Milwaukee.

Congratulations. Tell us its secrets when you can....

Well, I'm making progress, but as of now I am missing my Monitor Audio RS6's.

I'll start with saying I haven't done any mods to the speakers and that my room is supposedly horrid for the 1.7s. It's VERY hard to get these speakers sounding enjoyable if you don't have an adequate room. My MA RS6's are kicking their asses in every respect right now. I've tried 3 different stereo amplifiers, the NAD C272, Rotel RB-1080, and now I'm testing out a pro audio amp, the QSC RMX1450 @ 450wpc @ 4 ohms. Haven't gotten to do much A/B'ing between amps but my initial reaction to the pro amp is a very good and surprising one.

Anyway, I'm pretty much trying to take a Ferrari off roading right now. Next step is diffusion and absorbtion. I'll check in soon.

Audiocr, did you mention your room size and speaker placement as in distance from room boundaries? Thanks