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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
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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fstein
199 posts
 
Not quite the same thing, but in a large cocrete and steel loft, I could never get my planar speakers (Martin Logan) to sound right, even with Tact digital equalization. I bought an old set of 14=5 inch tannoy HPDs, which re highly directional, and haven't looked back.
Sometimes it's about the room.
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