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Magnepan 1.7 w/ Tubes & lots of Class D Power

Recently I stepped down from Martin Logan Summit Xs to Magnepan 1.7s. Was it a step down? Yes. Less of everything from the Xs (except warmth), but not bad and actually pretty good.

I am running the 1.7s with a Rogue Audio Athena (tube) preamp with upgraded Mundorf Silver Oil Capacitors and Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 (class d) monoblocks. A Lexicon RT-20 Universal Disk player is my primary source. I also use a Velodyne SPL-1200 sub.

I do not see a lot of these types of set ups. Actually, most "audiophiles" that I encounter frown on the entire system. To each their own. I love it. Open and clean with lots of seperation and detail. And incredibly smooth and warm. Anyone else out there with a similar set up?

Any tweeks for the 1.7s? I am thinking of changing the fuses and jumpers.
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brownsfan
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I have a pair of 3.7's. Before that I had 1.6's. No experience with the 1.7's. Based on my experience, go for it on the jumpers and fuses. I sacrificed an old pair of anti cable's and made my own jumpers. Oh my, what a difference. Then I got some Audio magic liquid air fuses, and it was Oh my again. Lastly, Jerry made me up some Liquid air jumpers. There was a phenomenal reduction in grain. The stock maggie jumpers are nasty.
Stands---- with the 1.6's, Mye stands made a huge difference. With the 3.7's, not the same order of magnitude difference, but still worth doing.
Enjoy your 1.7's, but---- have you heard the 3.7's?
podeschi
303 posts
 
Empirical Design custom maggie jumpers are awesome. I prefer them over cardas (have brand cardas if anyone wants to buy them). Hifi supreme tuning fuses made a big difference in my 3.7s.
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tabascocat1994 OP
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Thanks for the jumpers/fuses suggestions.

@Brownsfan, I know another Browns fan out there, my father in law, so you are not the only one. In all seriousness, I too have an old pair of short (2') Anitcables (I switched to Signal Cables), that I was thinking of sacrificing into jumpers. I will try that first. I also have Mye stands.

@Poeschi, I will look into the HiFi Supreme fuses.
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