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Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP

I just bought a used 6 month old Magnepan 1.7 and hooked them to my old system, which consists on a Deonon 2900 Universal player, Emotiva USP Preamp and Rotel 1080 power amp and use anticables for speaker connections, and monster cables for interconnects.

The sound is too bright for me, I used the provide 1 ohm resisters, still too bright, any recommendations.
bnrimal
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jafreeman
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Yes, change out the Anticables--they are nothing but glorified coathangers that make great antennas--no bass at all.
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markalarsen
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First and foremost, make certain your speakers are set up properly in the room. Go to the cardas website. Also, see Jim Smith's book.

Then, make certain the first reflection points are dampened properly, e.g., RealTraps.

Mangnepans are very difficult and time consuming, IMO, to set up properly.
macdadtexas
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Wow, I don't agree with any of these suggestions, and that's odd on A'gon. Your amp is bright, and not powerful enough to drive the panels. I suggest you try and find a used innersound ESL or a Wyred 4 sound 500. Also when i have heard the Emotiva gear it has sounded VERY bright.
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maplegrovemusic
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I took me two years to get my 1.6 set up . First i hung floor to ceiling curtains behind the speakers. This helped.Next i added "superchunk" bass traps in the 4 corners. Finally a full 4" wall treatment of OC panels behind the speakers .This tamed the highs significantly.Cost me around $200 for materials .$700 w bass traps. I had the anticables at one point and found them bright.Kimber Kable hero interconnects work well.Also 12tc speaker wire from KK.
tmsorosk
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All panels sound bright to me .
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