Lots of great info here for you.
a lot late to the party. Whenever I hit the stereo shops here, I listen to about everything, b and w, songs Fabre, with Mac amps, etc etc, I will stay there for 2 hours. I love the magnepan airy sound, guitar sounds so real, voices, then there is the kick drum, this is where boys and men separate $$$$$$$$
**as mentioned, patience and relax. If it takes an extra few months or longer to save a small bit more money, so be it. I sat on 5K as I saved it, huge wad in my hiding place, I then started gathering info, reading a lot, talking to the fine people in here,asking tons of questions. I bought used, and have a very very good pair of amplifiers, with matching pre and cd spinner. Amps were a great deal, pre was also a fair price, cd spinner was 100$ over what I wanted, but, if you want something, get it before someone else does.
maggies will take gobs of power, and sound amazing, as far as a bass driver, mentioned above, this will totally help. Get 250-300W RMS, you can thank me later. The Bryston is a great idea, also the crown, or the QSC.
I used two Carvin dcm-2500 in mono, they didn’t last long, cheap tripe.
the crown and QSC are built better.
or try the Avantones newest amp cla-400 about 1K new. Wish I knew this was being released I ,..n remind!