Magnepan durability


After all these years, I'm finally going to be allowed by my better half to replace my Vandersteen 1C speakers this spring (or whenever I sell my current speakers and one of my bikes). My shortlist includes Vandersteen 2CE Sig II's and the Magnepan 1.7. My question is: how durable are the Magnepans? I have a playful toddler. Is a little hand bumping into the grill cloth going to damage it since the drivers are directly behind them? The Vandersteens are about as toddler proof as one could hope for since the drivers are several inches behind the cloth. Are Magnepans an expensive accident waiting to happen?
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i recently purchased a pair of mmgis slightly used and noticed as i ran my hand up and down the backside cloth of both speakers....i came across a sharp /tack/staple  like  object standing proud of the baffle in 2 or 3 areas..it will come thru or against the fabric as its depressed...anyone know if this is normal ?
There’s no way I’d put Maggie’s in a room with a toddler. The good thing is if they are toppled, they are not heavy. I put my now departed Snell E3’s in the basement until my son was 5 and they are far more stable than Magnepan planars. 
I owned a pair of Tympany IVs when my kinds were 0 to 5 years old. These were the old-style 3 panel room divider speakers which I literally used as room dividers between my dining room and living room. They actually sounded great in this location with about 14 feet behind them and playing into a room that was 15' x 20' with a two story high cathedral ceiling. 

I never had a problem with the kids knocking them over. To be honest, I never even thought about it as a possibility. I guess I got lucky. 

I've owned three sets of Magnepans over the years, starting with MG-1s. The last pair I had were 3.6Rs.

I've had a couple of reliability issues, which I don't really fault Magnepan. When I had the MG-1s, I had a cat that used to love to climb them. I had one panel eventually go bad when the cat's claws eventually broke one of the wires in the membrane. This was repaired fairly inexpensively.

I used to really crank the Tympani IVs (with a Levinson ML-3 amp) and I blew the ribbon tweeter twice over about six years. Again, this was easy and relatively inexpensive to replace. Magnepan just shipped me a new ribbon and it was easy to replace with a few screws and soldering two wires. This was over 30 years ago, and I think the ribbons are a bit more robust now. I never had an issue with the 3.6Rs even though I would occasionally plan them pretty loud. 


they are both great , look for a used pair of TREO, but any toddler can topple anything.....