Bad recordings and high end audio

Bad in and Bad out, especially with your 3.7's. Maggie's are very revealing,  and that's an understatement.  I own a pair of 20.1's and a pair of Acoustat Spectra 33's.  People are saying,  just turn the volume up...lol just going to sound just as bad, but louder. Over the years I've learned what a good recording sounds like and have managed to seek out the good recordings from the artists I like. Sometimes I play bad recordings because I want to listen to a particular song. Worst thing is having a few friends over to hear your system and you're playing a crappy song, them telling you how you got duped by your audio dealer... BTW, what are you using to power those Maggie's?

In my last message I asked what amps are you using, after further reading I see that you haven't selected one yet. I can't say this strongly enough.  Ignore anyone telling you that 100 watts is enough.  Maggie's are HUNGRY BEASTS..Will they sound OK with 100 watts, sure they will, but do you want them to sound Fantastic.  You will need to put some juice into them . I power my Maggie's with a set of Classe CAM350's Monoblocks 700 watts per block going to each speaker.  Those Maggie's suck every watt and ask for more..I mentioned in my other other post that I also have an Acoustat System. I run those with a pair of Acoustat TNT200's that were rebuilt and modified by a highly regarded engineer in the field (Roy Esposito). I originally purchased one amp which pumped out 325 watts per channel into 4 ohms. I had heard so much about the Acoustat panels, I was disappointed.  I got a second amp, had it rebuilt and modified by Roy,  now I'm running over 800 watts into each of the panels,  what a difference Night/Sun difference.  The dynamics you get with all that headroom is phenomenal, even at low volume. I know this is a long post, all this to say, you need to get a lot of power and amperage into those panels to do them justice...

@cycles2 thank you for letting me know about the subs even with the 20s. As I figure this out I might need to add the subs later from a cost perspective. I initially was thinking about the 1.7s but once I heard the 3.7is I knew I wanted them lol. So I spent a bit more on the speakers now I am reworking my budget ,  turning in all my cans and bottles lol 

@gumbedamit  i am still working on the amps to drive these things. I still have time as i was told 13 weeks for the maggies. Still have 9-10 weeks left. Looking at all options. Its been a challenge. Any one have an opinion about the Cary SS amp? Did not  know they had one but received an email about Labor day sale. 

The best dealers are the ones who can get pretty much anything. They may lean to the more expensive items since they make a % of the sale. But they can lay out all the options.

As far as MC goes, that's fine for him. I prefer to buy from someone I can see that has products that are made in some decent quantity by reputable companies. Although I've bought from several dealers since some of my purchases have been below the minimum level of the guy who can get anything, I still bounce things off of him and he has never steered me wrong (and he doesn't hang up on me). He's kind of blunt, not warm and fuzzy. Some people like to be schmoozed. I'm a Joe Friday kind of guy...."just the facts ma'am".

As far as record quality goes, some things just were not recorded that well (Bob Marley - Legend). If I like the music, I still listen to it, but the average quality may influence the frequency of how often that happens. Similarly, if it is something I like that sounds great, it spins more often. I definitely would not buy something just because it sounds good or was recorded well. If I don't like it, I don't like it. I am not trying to impress anyone in demoing my system. It's about the music, and trying to get it to be reproduced as perfectly as recorded/intended.