Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7

You will never regret purchasing the Maggies. you can order their MMG's for a free in house listen for 30 days.(it's a no brainer!)  if you like them you will love the 1.7's . The  1.7 are way more musical and bigger sound stage. But you can  get an idea what to expect if you purchase the MMGs. for the in home trial. 
I own both models, and use the 1.7's for 2 channel and movies. the MMG's are in the side and rear surround position. But I could live with them up front. I partial to Maggies as I have owned them for the last 38 years. First Pair was the MG1 Improved in '78 or '79 . 

Thank you Don for your comments. This past Saturday I spent over an hour listening to the 1.7 and then the vandersteen 1cis... the Maggie's were very very good huge soundstage but to the point when I switched  to the vandersteen 1ci's..I  heard spatial cues and stuff in my CDs which I've heard for years and years that I never heard before at that point I was convinced that the Vandersteen were more resolving and more revealing than even the Maggie's., some of the comments here have been I should go for the 2ce, While others put me on to the vlr.  I'm so grateful that I was led to the VLRs cuz that's where I live real accurate reproduction and I purchase them over the larger 1ci is because I don't need Bass I have a subwoofer and a crossover that I'm going to use. Maybe one day on a whim I'll order the mmg's but when I was at the dealer he suggested forget the they are just an appetizer the 1.7 is really where you want to be that's where you really want to start. I think listening through an all tube integrated might have soften the overall response. The Rogue I'm sure is real quality stuff. I owned IIIa's in the 90s...i know the sound.. Also know.. I don't have the amp right now to feed the 1.7's properly. I really really lucked out finding 4 year old VLRS for 700.00...it was too good to pass up. I appreciate your enthusiasm for Magna pan... Maybe another time... 

about good stands....ya know what I have been using with monitors for years? Cinder blocks... yeah Im cheap... but as far as heavy stands...what could be better than concrete? I use Blue tac under the speakers...seems to work just fine. There is room to improve the amp... ( NAD 326BEE )...at the same breath....this amp is very good...strong reviews...etc.. I was looking at the Schiit Vidar when this all started, then I took a 180 and at the suggestion of the Schiit tech..( he said look for better speakers)...I switched my buying from an amp to speakers.

You could do much worse than cinder blocks. Blu Tack also works great. 

I think you made the right move with speakers. Schiit is an awesome company. I once sent them an email at 1:00 a.m. on a Saturday and received a reply within 20 min!

Think twice about removing the terminal strip on the VLRs. On Vandies, the terminal strip is tied right into the crossover, giving a very direct connection.  If binding posts sounded better that's what RV would have used.  That said, they're your babies, so do as you wish!!  Enjoy!