Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7?

Have you tried or thought about modding your 1.6s?

Even something as simple as flipping them around so the pole piece is facing you, the listener makes a big change. I think it's for the better, but you can decide for yourself. The simple rotate puts the tweeters 'in', but you can fix that by swapping 'em L/R. Experiment.

Others do extensive crossover mods. OR reframing with hardwoods. OR adding stands....like the Mye stand. OR go biamp / active / passive crossover...take your pick!

Nope, Unless I had exhausted some options, and I haven't, I'd stick with the 1.6s for now.

Magfan is correct about turning them around.Makes a big difference.

I have had both in 1.6 and the 1.7 in my system and the 1.7 is much better. If you do the stand upgrade, cossover and frame modification mentioned in the prior post the 1.7 will kill the 1.6s further. I drilled and tapped the stands and put spikes on both the 1.6s and the 1.7s and that was a huge improvement. The 1.7 has better everything. Once the 1.7 breaks in you cannot believe they retail for $2000.00. Do not get me wrong the 1.6 is very good but the 1.7 is better!