Vienna Acoustics Mahlers too big for my room?

One thing to consider is that Pscialli's room, while not terribly large, is incredibly solid and well dampened because of how the walls were constructed, post construction wall treatements, and dense pile carpeting. So much so that the the B&W 803s are benefitting from the careful application of the HSU subwoofer that Peter has added later. It is quite possible that the Mahlers may end up being too much of a good thing, but I heard the Beethovens and found them to be a far cry from the Mahlers. Perhaps the Strausses may be a good possibility. . . and are likely not to require the assistance of the external subwoofer.

Well the room is the key, and you seem to know it better than I do. I do know that I have heard the Mahler's sound incredible, and yes, better than the Beethven's. However, I've also heard the Mahler's sound terrible in rooms to small to handle them. Bass bloat that will drown out the music.

So I would say that if he is comfortable that he can tame all of those woofers, he is welcome to try it.

Does anyone know if the Mahlers support banana connectors / Maggie pins, or would I need to get my speaker wires reterminated with spades?

having fallen in love with Vienna Acoustic Mahlers at RMAF 2006, I have ordered a pair this last Summer, and received them in early November 2007. I have now started a thread to chronicle their break in and discuss various Mahler related matters.. . including the great Maggie Pin debacle. (yeap, they do not fit Mahler binding posts!). . See you all at:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1195845334&openmine&zzGuidocorona&4&5#Guidocorona

I faced the same issue and ended up with the Beethoven Baby Grands. I'm extremely happy with that choice and prefer the Baby Grands to the Beethovens.

Dave