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I have two opera unities now to carefully listen to Magnepns at two different stores with two different sets of electronics (one set being my own).... Both locations I heard the 1.7's and 3.7's, and one of them I heard the 20.7's. They all had a harshness to the sound..... Adding the resistor did help though..... Any comments?
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I gave up on Maggies myself after twenty years of using them because I just couldn't get past a certain level of sound quality without feeling I needed to buy very expensive electronics to make them achieve their ultimate potential. It just seemed weird to me to have to spend close to ten thousand dollars on electronics to make four thousand dollar speakers come alive. I tried any number of supposed "giant killer" amps and never found one that transcended mediocrity with Magnepans. I've ended up with (for my finances,) rather expensive dynamic cone speakers that play well with any number of less expensive, lower powered amps.
...Right now I've combined .5 ohm Mills resistors with inexpensive Blue Jeans copper cables for respectable results.
It appears to just be a matter of level adjustment with the resistors.
I have found that these Audio Quest Corals from here tame the brightness a little. They sound as good as BJC's but tame the harshness a little. The problem with my listening area is wood floors and lots of windows. My room is 17x17 with 9' ceilingshttp://hcmaudio.com/comp.asp?compID=498
Sort of on topic, I never cared for the resistors as they made the speakers sound funny to me.