As good or better than Magnepan 3.7i


First of all, I do really enjoy the 3.7i, but at some point I'm going to need to downsize and I'm looking for suggestions of speakers with equivalent or better sound. 
If they aren't full range, that's ok as I have a pair of SVS SB-3000 subs. 
What the maggies could do better are better dynamics, bass weight and so forth (little better on rock and big classical). 
The room is a dedicated listening room in the basement 26X13X7. 
Budget is in the same range as the 3.7i, 
Thanks

traudio

@ozzy62 "So what you’re saying is that it’s the perfect room?"

Yes, pretty much. Cox (www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk) did large scale simulations of hundreds of thousands of rooms, and concluded that almost everything that most people have ever written or read on the subject is just plain wrong.

And not just the usual suspects - this includes the chapter in the Electronic Engineer’s Handbook (McGraw-Hill? CRC? - can’t remember). Anyway, he presents a scattergram of good ratios (height to width to length), about 2% coverage, and another scattergram of OK ratios - about 25% coverage, both for small, medium, and large rooms.

To my surprise, I found that one of my rooms was near one of his best dimensional ratios, a small island of sonic excellence centred at 1 : 1.415 : 3.47, so I rebuilt that room to those dimensions, to 1/8" (3mm) tolerance. Screw and elastomeric glue, Quietrock over Baltic birch ply, built-in record shelves, the whole 99 yards.

Most people remark on it as soon as they enter the room, before the music starts. They comment on the quality of the silence. There’s something peaceful and calming about the room itself. Costly? Yes. Worth it? Too right. Best component I’ve ever owned. Thing is - coincidence - that's the same ratio the OP could bill to.

My post of 08:44 reads, "Since you like planners, could you stretch to Quad 2912?"

DAMN that autocorrect. Should read, "Since you like planars, ... Quad 2912."

You might like "Pure Audio Project" open baffle speakers because you can customize them in many ways!

 

 

Well I just put my newly rebuilt Quad 63s away and am going to sell. So I am done with any dipole design and the difficulties that arise with proper placement. Now dynamic open baffle are a bit easier to place, but still am not a huge fan.  

Your Maggies are wonderful speakers!

Why don't you wait until you have to downsize and see if they will still work?