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Help with speakers issues part III

Hello All. This is a continuation of a year long sojourn. I have Magnepan .7's and while I like them my living situation does not allow for ideal placement of them. Primarily, the entertainment center being between the speakers. This tends to "kill" the dipole effect and restrict the sound staging. I added a sub which helped with the bottom end(and impact) and considered adding a second which is becoming more common. I listen to electric blues primarily and classic rock. It has been suggested that traditional "box" speakers may be more applicable here. Any recommendations for box speakers to fit the bill $2k and under?

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beernut OP
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Correct, they sit at either end of my small entertainment center. Because of room configuration, I have them placed at the only semi- logical position. My listening seat is approx. 10' from the speaker plane. I've been told that any "obstruction" between the Maggies tends to stifle their inherent imaging qualities. Particularly depth which I can understand. That being said, they may be a tad too "polite" for my listening tastes (blues, classic rock).

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beernut OP
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Point well taken lak. My understanding is that Maggies are more "room sensitive" than conventional style speakers and I may be doing the "square peg in a round hole thing". In essence shoe-horning the maggies in a situation where they can't blossom properly...
rotarius
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With that room size and with your entertainment center, you might look for controlled directivity speakers.  I can recommend JBL studio 580 or 590 in your price range.  Great sound at a fair price.
randy-11
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the question isn't whether they are optimal in your room - the real question is whether they sound better than something else in your room

or to be more accurate - whether their advantages are better to you than - say - a Vandersteen's advantages would be; and the converse for dis-advantages ((all given your pgm material)

I have 1.5QRs and despite a not so great listening room, I find them generally better than other options
minkwelder
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I had a pair of MG-12's for years in my 16 x 23 room and, after upgrading to the 1.7i's, I now realize that they really weren't big enough to reproduce music the way I like to listen. They always sounded strained when I attempted the relatively higher volume I like.

The 1.7i's were the answer to that problem, and I have plans to add a subwoofer, which should help a lot.

In my room, the MG-12's didn't sound right until I placed them 5 feet away from the front wall, and I found that to be the best location for the 1.7i's, also. 
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