What small center will sound good with Maggie MMGs

no vandersteen dealer in my town, but would the vandy fit my dimensions? also, will the arua sound good inside a closed cabinet?

Fishcall, here are the specs on the Vandy, copied and pasted from their website.

CROSSOVER:
3500Hz. First-order, 6dB per octave.

* PHASE:
The woofer and tweeter are both in positive phase.

* IMPEDANCE:
8 ohms nominal.
5 ohms minimum.

* EFFICIENCY:
86dB at 1 meter with a 2.83 volt input.

* RESPONSE:
80Hz to 21kHz  +/- 3dB
Proximity compensation off.
The bass of the VCC-1 is bandpass limited.

* AMPLIFICATION:
30 to 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms.
High current is not required.

* INPUT:
Heavy-duty terminal block.

* SIZE:
12 1/8" wide, 9 1/4" high, 10 1/8" deep.

* WEIGHT:
23 pounds net, 27 pounds gross.

the vandy will not fit in my cabinet which can accept as a maximum 7" x 17" x 10" (HWD). know of any centers this size or smaller that would mate well with Maggie MMG?

Well, the Vandy was there on width and depth, sounds great and reasonably priced. I was hoping the 9 1/4" high (Vandy) would fit where you allocated 7".

Perhaps the suggestion by Timothyjk for the Aura? I found this "RCA" speaker at EBAy that has the Linaeum tweeter. Could this be the same speaker? Current bid is $61.00 with two days left.

You would have to contact the seller to see about dimensions as they are not listed in the ad.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3082337105&category=14992

The smallest center I ever used was the Boston Acoustics VRM-C. I believe it will fit your size requirements. It was only about 6" high by about 8" deep; I can't remember the length, possibly more than 17" but check their website to see. It's finished in a really nice dark reddish cherry wood, or in "black ash." I found it to be an excellent center channel that matched well with several different fronts I was using, but they were all dynamic box monitors, not Maggies. Another, even smaller center is the ATC SCM-7, very very dynamic and punchy, but again a dynamic monitor not a 'stat. The size is right, though.