I just wanted to add, make sure your banana plugs are not inserted too far. They can sometimes foul some wiring or reach the panel. Also take a flashlight and look at the wiring near the crossover and see if you see something disconnected. I seriously doubt both panels would be a problem but it is possible that a new guy mis-wired them.
My New Magnepan 1.7i's sound dull and lifeless on the top end...why?
First time Magnepan owner - 5 days old 100+ burn-in hours on them
Associated Equipment:
-Denafrips Terminator Plus
-Holo Audio May KTE version
-Pass Labs X22 Pre-amp
-PrimaLuna EVO 400 Pre-amp
-Pass Labs XA100.8 Monos
-PrimaLuna EVO 400 Monos
-AntiCables interconnects and speaker cables
-Stock tweeter attenuator jumper replaced with AntiCables level 5 spade jumpers on the 1.7i's
My spectrum analyzer indicates both speakers highs are falling off beginning at 1.25K and are 9db down from 2.5K on
Been playing around with speaker placement and room treatments for 2 days now without any remediation. What am I missing? Suggestions appreciated.
Associated Equipment:
-Denafrips Terminator Plus
-Holo Audio May KTE version
-Pass Labs X22 Pre-amp
-PrimaLuna EVO 400 Pre-amp
-Pass Labs XA100.8 Monos
-PrimaLuna EVO 400 Monos
-AntiCables interconnects and speaker cables
-Stock tweeter attenuator jumper replaced with AntiCables level 5 spade jumpers on the 1.7i's
My spectrum analyzer indicates both speakers highs are falling off beginning at 1.25K and are 9db down from 2.5K on
Been playing around with speaker placement and room treatments for 2 days now without any remediation. What am I missing? Suggestions appreciated.
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-PrimaLuna EVO 400 Monos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WOW those monos are some power pack amplifiers, Built in same factor as Cayin, Spark Audio, High quality, Very surprised you are not getting higher fidelity in all ranges.. hummmm,. I was close to buying the LRS, until my tech geek stepped in to cancel the project, Said the LRS has 4 phms impedence, 86 db, not friendly to the Defy7,,**ok for string quartet**, well the purpose was for big full orchestra symphony,, Tech: *Not going to happen,**. Not sure if what he is hinting at has anything to do with your issues of faulty highs, no sparkle, shimmerings, dynamics in upper fq's.. Sorry to hear of this venture into Magnepan. There is a big faithful magnepan group here,,maybe one these Magnepan-ians can *chime* in here and give us some solutions to this roll off issues. Good Luck |
If you pull the jumpers and just plug into the highs, what do you hear? If they’re working they are working. Put the jumper bars back in and let them break in. It’s all placement and break in. One speaker in the middle of the room. Easy test, to check for combing. Di poles on the same baffle plane SUCK.. They have a wonderful sound, but you cannot ever get the front and rear poles to be coherent. That still has nothing to do with "is there a signal coming out of the speaker" vs There is a signal coming out but is being combed and canceled. That I could understand. A pillow right behind the highs will show if that is the case. Cancel the rear pole.. The DB level should increase.. Regards |
oldhvymec3,337 posts07-29-2021 4:27pmIf you pull the jumpers and just plug into the highs, what do you hear? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You are NOT offering anything substantive to help resolve his issues... You should, we all should re-read exactly what the OP post is saying, He never siad *8I am not sure if I have them puled in correctly** He states,, why is the highs sounding rather crappy?** I think he deserves a solid truthful answer from The Magnepanian Club as to why the magnepan’s are not performing up to the reputation. Do we have a case here of hype and snakeoil..or what .......... You tell me,,I was just days from orderinga pair.... My tech screamed at me **NO* Just in the nick of time.... |
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