As good or better than Magnepan 3.7i

@traudio 

It’s difficult to make recommendations as planar panel speakers and unique sonic advantages and disadvantages.  Also Magnepan offer excellent performance to price - tough to beat.  Maybe smaller panel speakers from DIPTYQUE or Final 15 electrostatic.

Volti Razz or Lucera might have the clarity and speed you’ll like, but they’re very efficient so may not match your amplification

Probably your best bet is to review TAS periodic list of components/speakers, then go and demo speakers at audio stores and shows.

GoldenEar Triton is a musical speaker that images well.  Harbeth/Hegel combo, Monitor Audio, KEF…so many choices. 

second recommendation for https://pureaudioproject.com/

What the maggies could do better are better dynamics...

But be careful what you wish for, after living with 3.6’s for 15 years and going to a nice set of semi-conventional cone speakers I now get some songs that are too dynamic. Yes you read that correctly- on some tracks drums hit too hard and feel out of balance with the rest of the instruments, and I wish I was listening to the 3.6’s again. The majority are better though- It’s all about the recording. Tough to have it all for every piece of music.

They are actually a little too large for the room they are in. 

That room is a little larger than the one I had them in. Have you tried a Limage setup? 

kennyc,

Thank for the suggestions. I really like the Hegel, but wittiest be opposed to changing i

mclinnguy

Never heard of Limage set up. Got a link?

@traudio 

There is a link at the bottom of this link also 

https://www.audioasylum.com/messages/MUG/217738/hk-limage-explained-sadie-is-our-in-house-expert-on-this-set-up

OP- ok need smaller speakers. I'm guessing you love the "see through" quality the Maggies do so well. My B&W 803 also do that really well, as did the Vandersteen model 1 and model 2 I've had. The 803 are much more dynamic than the Vandies, and will effortlessly play much louder. For your purposes I would get the Vandies because they are much more affordable than the 803s. I know your budget is 15k but why spend it if you can get a speaker you will love for a lot less coin?