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Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen

I finally got an opportunity to hear the 1.7i magnepan. I will blame my ears and taste, but I was underwhelmed. I heard them with tweeters inside and outside for comparison. outside did sound a bit better. Then I allowed them to play the vandersteen quatro ct. The speakers disappeared into the music. Deep, tall, wide soundstage with excellent imaging and air around the different instruments. Full range sound. Thankfully the trio ct sounded almost the quatros equal. I really was ready to go with magnepan. I was surprised. All other speakers are sounding inferior now. 
glfrancis2
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tomic601
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Lot’s of good inputs and the trolls input. There are more than a few dealers in the USA that carry both Vandersteen AND Magneplaners- for a reason, properly setup and powered w decent electronics they both sound wonderful. I don’t agree that Quatros vs 20 series is appropriate because of the amplifier needed w the 20, but that is a nit. You can run Treo CT w 40 wpc as I do every day. @noromance stop by Seattle sometime and listen awhile to 7’s and the 7 amps:-)
finally to the OP, enjoy the journey and the music - Vandy and Maggie owners are a passionate lot, I would venture to say many of us own or have owned both.
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tomic601
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As for the troll who does not understand that the human ear is MUCH more sensitive to timing information than to frequency response, you have much to learn.....or perhaps discern 
gdnrbob
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@tomic601 ,
Well put...

@OP,
You have a good ear for speakers.
Bob
kenjit
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best thing to do would be to have the crossovers for the vandersteens redone using higher order slopes for less lobing. 
mr_m
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kenjit.
Re-read tomic601's last two posts. Seriously, have you ever listened to a pair of Vandersteens?
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