Magnepan 3.6, 3.7 or Tannoy Westminister SE

I'd go with Tannoy and a high-current SET, e.g., Art Audio Jota HC.

Robert, Do your best to own both, if possible. You seem, as I was, torn between desire for two fundamentally different sounds based on two radically different technologies. You will not obtain a dream speaker which does it all; no one can as such a speaker does not yet exist. One has to make trade offs and choices in regards to aspects of performance which they consider more desirable and let the others go.

You must determine how you are wired; that is, you must realize whether you are a System Builder or simply an audiophile. The audiophile is content to buy and play, and they may use one technology for decades. The System Builder is always wanting to explore the system's capabilities, always curious about different technologies and their sound, and will jump between them in his/her rig. There is usually a constant yearning for having both aspects of different technologies at the same time, something which is currently technologically impossible. Suppressing these desires may work for a while but dissatisfaction sets in and the search begins again.

The solution is simply to own both technologies so that one can exchange them whenever wanted. It is perhaps the most satisfying solution to system enhancement I have found in decades of being an audiophile. Feel free to observe my virtual system and contact me if you have any questions.

If it is of help to you I have written up reviews of both the Tannoy Glenair 15 and the Kingsound King for Dagogo.com

If ownership of both is not feasible I feel for you sincerely, as there will remain a gap in your desire to have it all; there is no getting around that. In such a case you may want to consider a hybrid like the Legacy Audio Whisper DSW, which I also reviewed. It combines extremely well attributes of the dynamic and panel speakers accentuating their strengths. You can also see it in my virtual system.

The most obvious difference sonically between a hybrid speaker like the Whisper DSW and the Tannoy would be in terms of coherence; one does hear the multiple drivers of the Whisper vs. the concentric of the Tannoy. Each has particular characteristics which are desirable, and the prospective owner has to determine which set of features is the most engaging.

Tannoy 4 me. Spent much time with maggies and preferred
my Tannoys.

Again,it depends on the music you listen,Tannoy excells on
both tone,job #1 in acoustc music and dynamics,job #2.
I've owned Maggies for over 30 yrs and like them,if I could
afford the better Tannoys,not many retired teachers can I imagine, the Maggies would be gone tomorrow.

,,just wondering if you've heard the Vandersteen 7's