Maggie 1.7's?

Like the 1.7s? You'll love a pair of heavily modded 1.6s......Wood frames to replace the MDF and rotated to pole piece forward. Some even modify the crossover. And I mean an all-new design

For the price difference, if you are at all handy with wood, you can do it for about the same $$ and have a better speaker.

I always wondered about Mac and Maggie.....What's the problem? I've heard of bunches of combos with either....but NEVER together!

but where's the bass?

The McIntosh amps that I have owned have insufficient current to drive any Magnepan. No balls

Bottom octave sub, or wait for the 20.2!

The bass is there. Just not down to sub basement levels like a good sub.

for MOST music this is no problem. Lowest note on a non-Bosendorfer Piano is about 27hz, so LOTS of speakers considered audiophile won't do it.

Pipe organ? down to a nutty 16hz. How many full range speakers will do THAT?

Good setup in a proper room helps all speakers....even those pesky panels.