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Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen

I finally got an opportunity to hear the 1.7i magnepan. I will blame my ears and taste, but I was underwhelmed. I heard them with tweeters inside and outside for comparison. outside did sound a bit better. Then I allowed them to play the vandersteen quatro ct. The speakers disappeared into the music. Deep, tall, wide soundstage with excellent imaging and air around the different instruments. Full range sound. Thankfully the trio ct sounded almost the quatros equal. I really was ready to go with magnepan. I was surprised. All other speakers are sounding inferior now. 
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bigkidz
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I never even look at specs, to me they do have a sound.  BUT I understand if others do.  That being said, you can get a pair of Vandersteen 5As cheap these days in the $6K range.  I never go by any dealer or show set-ups because they never sound as good as my system does.  For example, I just finished a Class A power amp just for kicks.  Put them on my Vandersteen 5As and I was so impressed how they worked together.  So far the best combination I have heard with them in my system.  I don't hear this sound when I go to a dealer.  So unless I can hear it in my system, I don't really have an opinion either way.

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