After a 2 week period I can tell you all that if magnepan company could hear my crossover improvement they would throw up........... The 1.7's with my external crossover blow away their stock 3.6's by a mile...these things are way more smooth, way more revealing, way more bass that is tighter and faster and the highs more extended and no edge whatsoever. Its unbelievable what a mess they are stock. Just have to realize you might as well leave the stock crossover in place and make it external because there is no way to fit the mod inside the little space that the 1.7's allow for crossover. Very very poor design and overall just a price point setup. The 1.7's deserve better then what they have stock .............they deserve my setup 1000% period!!!!!!!!!!!
Magnepan 1.7 crossover capacitor improvement?
In my never ending quest to eliminate "glare" from all components I've recently realized that my MG 1.7's are a contributor. The crossover caps in them are nothing to write home about, a mixture of non descript caps including an Axon totaling 116.8uf in the mid range and an additional 10uf Axon for the tweeter. Since Axon is basically Solens which does have glare issues, I'm ready to move on. After snooping aroud it sounds like a mixture of Clarity ESA series/ 250V + Mundorf supreme replacements in the mid range and Mundorf Supreme for the tweeter would be a good choice. But i'm curious if someone here has already trod this path and found a different path thats reasonably affordable ( not Duelends and Vcaps...grin)
At this point I have glare about 95% tamed but there are still certain CD passages that cause that chalk board scraping sensation.
At this point I have glare about 95% tamed but there are still certain CD passages that cause that chalk board scraping sensation.
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