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Magnepan 3.6, 3.7 or Tannoy Westminister SE

I have owned and listen to Magnepan 3.6 for more than 6 years and also have experienced with the following amplifiers:
Audio Note, VAC, Mc275, Canary and Pass.
I like SET sound yet the Maggies are the "best" I can experienced until recently the limited experience with Tannoy.
I need all those Maggies lovers who are being converted into Tannoy, if any, to speak out of their experience.
Bottom line is the Maggies is difficult to draw and Tannoy is easy.
May be I am looking for an easy way out?
Or, did I just start a "huge" can of worms.
Please advice
robertwolfee
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johnk
1,975 posts
 
Tannoy 4 me. Spent much time with maggies and preferred
my Tannoys.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Again,it depends on the music you listen,Tannoy excells on
both tone,job #1 in acoustc music and dynamics,job #2.
I've owned Maggies for over 30 yrs and like them,if I could
afford the better Tannoys,not many retired teachers can I imagine, the Maggies would be gone tomorrow.
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stringreen
6,470 posts
 
,,just wondering if you've heard the Vandersteen 7's
robertwolfee OP
28 posts
 
Schubert, do you mean that?
Some of the Tannoys are almost the same price as the Maggies.
For example, the Taneburrey cast around $6000 and the Maggies 3.7 is around $5,500.
May I ask what components are on your systems now?
Please advice
Robert
sibelius
256 posts
 
Two completely different sounds. If you have the space, I think having both planar/ESL and a high efficiency speaker systems would be the ideal way to go. Having to choose one, go with whatever moves you more. In my case, the SET/HE speaker route has provided me with more spine tingling moments than anything else I've tried over the years.
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