Anything better than 1.7 Maggies

IF you can find it (doubtful), the Kingsound Prince II is far better imo. The Prince II would cost about three times as much new and likely about twice as much as the 1.7 used, but worth it.

I reviewed and own the Kingsound King for Dagogo.com

Thanks guys. I will check out the Tympanis, Kingsounds and still trying to hear the Emerald Physics. In the meanwhile my budget has expanded a little and I spent some time listening to the Magnepan 3.7s. They sounded great to me but I am still a little scared of the size ( to answer Mike - my new listening room is 19*18).
I researched a bit and people say the Gallos 3.5 ref are the best bet compared to Maggies, they sound the same if not better. I want to compare them specifically to the 3.7s and I wonder if anyone has done that comparison. I know Gallo made mistakes with pricing but I am wondering if it is worth giving these a shot. I am getting a virtually new pair for about 4.5k.. please let me know what you think.
Saum

I don't think you'd have any trouble fitting 3.7's in a 19 x 18 room.

Sammisra,

I have 3.7's in a 15.5' x 19' room. No problem at all. The strange thing is that they integrate better in the room than my 1.6QR's did. I've been able to take about half the room treatments out of the room. I certainly didn't expect this. The top end is much less aggressive in the 3.7R's. They are really wonderful speakers. Haven't heard the Gallos or Kingsounds.

To all,
This will be lengthy, so I'll apologize going in.
Waaaayyyy, back in the day, when I first became a Maggie dealer, 1984, so 27/8 years ago...I talked to the folks AT MAGGIE, about their basic design theology...their attempt of bringing realistic sound to everyone, and was immediately impressed by their honest, if not somewhat, personally 'dry' approach.
Also, I spoke to Jim Thiel, my friend and now mentor/business partner, as I was selling THIEL in my store...he was four square on Magnepan's side...agreeing with their intent and business practices.
As I watched Magnepan over the years...they've done NOTHING to change my basic impressions of who and what they are...and their products have, while slowly, in my impressions, gotten better, and better.
The new 1.7, IMHO, is a breakthrough product...one that if you can afford it...is worthy of serious consideration...it lacks the basic and undeniable flaws that all 'dynamic speakers' have...cabinet colorations.
They are very flat, from a response standpoint...unlike some of Dave Wilson's products which are woefully non representative of output signal equals input signal...an ongoing source of fascination to me.
But...here to talk about Magnepan...if there's a better speaker for the money...find it...buy it.
This is not a commercial for Magnepan, just an explanation of how I feel after about 30 years of observing them.

Good listening,
Larry