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There is a lot of hype about various types of modifications under the view that Magnepans have some great attributes but are built to price points and they can be significantly improved by upgrading the design. I did try the easiest type of modification which was replacing the fuse for the tweeter with a silver plated tube and replacing the aluminum(?) jumper with a silver wire. I am not sure whether one or both made a difference, but it was easy to discern in an A/B test and I was very pleasantly surprised.
I am still a newbie to this site and I am now nervous that the more fancy modifications, which involve taking the speakers apart, might be "snake oil" and I will be wasting my time. These fancier and more interesting modifications generally involve placing the driver in a solid wooden frame rather than the stock MDF (theoretically absorbs the residual vibration from the driver panel) and a newly built crossover with premium components. Has anyone done any A/B testing on mods such as this? I am headed down that path with my MMGs and will probably do the wood frame mod to one speaker and A/B test it against the untouched one. Thanks!
I am still a newbie to this site and I am now nervous that the more fancy modifications, which involve taking the speakers apart, might be "snake oil" and I will be wasting my time. These fancier and more interesting modifications generally involve placing the driver in a solid wooden frame rather than the stock MDF (theoretically absorbs the residual vibration from the driver panel) and a newly built crossover with premium components. Has anyone done any A/B testing on mods such as this? I am headed down that path with my MMGs and will probably do the wood frame mod to one speaker and A/B test it against the untouched one. Thanks!