Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7

Vandersteen, but I am biased having sold them many moons ago and currently have 7’s and Treo on order

many Vandy dealers will demo the 1 with a NAD, Marantz or other value oriented integrated amp, and it will sound great.

the Maggie’s have many virtues for sure but your amp is going to limit you.
i should disclose I am not anti planar, I have a set of Apogee Stages in my vintage room

where are you at, can probably recommend a dealer...

John Rutan at Audioconnection in New Jersey sells both, is very easy to talk to, and is extremely knowledgeable.  Even if you don't live in NJ, give him a call for wonderful advice.  You won't be sorry.

I'm glad I logged back in the forum as I did not get a notice of replies. I'm  thrilled to see all the replies. 
Let me add this... I constantly hear and see that I'm going to have to spend BIG Dollars on an amp or mono's if I'm going to get the Maggie's. There is a dealer 15 Mile's away who sells both!!! 

I so appreciate the comments... For the record, I'm going to replace the NAD 326 integrated. It's a great piece... I got curious about the Saga and its better than the 326 preamp section.. But not by a huge amount... But enough... Soooooo... It's looking like I should seriously consider the 1ci..due to budget and real world considerations. I did not mention I sold high audio in the 90's...best speakers in the store were BW",'s  and Martin Logan... Also sold Klipsh... Paradigm... MK.. All good stuff. Let me also provide to all.. That the room my system is in.. Is terrible... I'm downstairs in an "unfinished" basement. Yes I know all too well.. The room is the ultimate and MOST important factor. Throw 25k of equipment into a crappy room.. Is a self defeating exercise. 

I set up an 8 ft triangle within a h
Big basement.

With the left speaker having a wall to reflect from... Where as the right speaker opens to nothing... The nearest side wall is 30 ft to the right. 

Knowing this I'm sure you might all say Maggie's will never work... I thought i would toe them in.. Tweeters to the inside... I might totally fail... Don't know.  When I audition both.. Who knows I may been so taken with the Vandies that I will be spared the reality that the Maggie are too rich for my blood. 

I love to listen to female vocals... Saxophone.. Jazz.. Najee.. Roy Hargrove... Also like new age.. 

The Whafedales are very good.. But I'm ready to see what these 2 speakers are like. More... I own the higher end HSU crossover and their sub. I have been hi-passing my amps. Doing this. Gives me more amp headroom and relieves my mains from 90hz and below. Many might sneer.. Yuck.. Not a fan.. But to my ears hi passing does add clarity from my mains that I like. 

Ive also taken the route of stand mounted monitors. Physics being what they are... Smaller baffles... Small sound stage. This is why... I'm looking to no baffle with the 1ci and the big panel. 7's.  In closing... Maybe I will never overcome this room and no amount of equipment will make it sound good. 

Today... I even thought.. Maybe I should build a side wall to the right out to equal the distance of the left wall... This being the only solution. 

I very much appreciate all the replies... I'm not a big forum poster... I thought I would give it a go and share my thoughts. 

Thank you very much Otto 

You didn’t mention the size of your room, is it dedicated, do you have acoustic treatment...?
Both speakers you are considering are very good.
Maggies need more space and more watts. A lot more.
Used Vandy model 2s sounds better than new model 1s for the same (or less) money.
Both will only sound their best with considerable investment of time to determine best position in the room.
The Vandies will sound much better at really low volumes, IMO.

Tom

Just saw the OPs last post AFTER I posted. Doh!