Purchased some new Magnepan 1.7s!

[jadis]

I listen to a lot to more expensive speakers and these $2K definitely sound more along the lines of a $10K+ speaker.

Hi Lee,
My feelings exactly after all these years of owning a pair of Maggie 2.7QRs. Their openness and effortless 'disappearing act' have been the traits that endears them to me. And to get such qualities from modern day dynamic speakers, $10,000 plus would be the minimum starting point, imo. Great value speakers. It's hard to move away from them after living with one. Congrats on your upgrade.

[Fred]

Congrats Lee! I took delivery of a pair of 1.7's last July. They are amazing sounding speakers. You always read reviewers scribe sentiments that this or that product is worth X-times more than its cost. Well, in the case of the 1.7's it's really REALLY true. From the time I originally auditioned them in my dealers showroom to the time I took delivery was an agonizingly long period. Best money in Hi-Fi that I have ever spent and I mean that most sincerely.

Are you using the supplied resistors?

[Summa]

Maggie fan new to the forum...just checkin' in!

I have Maggie 3.6s and I heart them

[Fred]

Maggie fan new to the forum...just checkin' in!

I have Maggie 3.6s and I heart them

Welcome! Have you heard the new 3.7's?

[Summa]

Thanks Fred

I haven't heard the 3.7s, and that's by design! lol Based on what I've heard ABOUT them, it would be very bad news for my bank account if I were to hear them in person. Quite honestly, I would not even need to hear them to purchase...I know that Wendell Diller and the gang are typically very strict about making sure that even the average Joe (or Jane) can discern an improvement in a new design before they will supplant the older one. I have no idea that the 3.7s would be worth every penny, and that they would out-perform the 3.6s in nearly every area (save for maybe aesthetics lol).

How bout you?

[Lee]

1.7s update: They really sound wonderful but they do take a while to break in. Moreso than the 1.6s, the 1.7s not only improve on bass around the 300 hour mark, the highs lose their brightness. So the balance is really good now.

An dynamite deal for $2K. I will be finally fixing my ARC tube amp soon and upgrading to KT120s so better sound is on the horizon with this additional power as well.

[DonH50]

Good to hear, but that is a very long break-in period! Last time I measured, decades ago, there was no measurable change after about the 100-hour mark. I wonder if the QR construction takes longer? Curious - Don

[Lee]

Bass is much better and the highs have settled down to more or less neutral. I'm very, very satisfied with the sound.

[Mosin]

Hi Lee,
My feelings exactly after all these years of owning a pair of Maggie 2.7QRs. Their openness and effortless 'disappearing act' have been the traits that endears them to me. And to get such qualities from modern day dynamic speakers, $10,000 plus would be the minimum starting point, imo. Great value speakers. It's hard to move away from them after living with one. Congrats on your upgrade.

I know what you mean. I have the 2.7s as well...along with a pair of RCA LC1As. Between those two I really wouldn't know where to go to replace them because they both do what they do so well. The TADs are nice, though. Still, if I get a pair of them, I'll keep the others. That's my biggest problem; I never get rid of anything.

[JRD]

You probably already know this - but if you want even more dynamic range - get a set of Mye Stands. The improvement is not small. Enjoy the 1.7's.