Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen

@OP,
You can also go with the Treo's like I have and get a pair of 2wq subs.
A bit less expensive, but gets you 85-90% of a pair of quatro's.
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I have considered something like that also. Anyone have Spatial Audio? Since that has been mentioned here, they intrigue me

I had a pair of Maggie MG-IIs coupled up with a Vandersteen 2 sub-woof, got all of that stuff for <$1,000 It was a great match except it presented a pretty complicated load, i.e. 1.0-Ohm in some spots, so you need a Bedini or similar big hurky s/s amp to run it.

Audioman is right about true Maggie sound (several posts back).  About a year ago, I auditioned the 1.7's and while they were good, moving up to the 3.7i's with the terrific tweeter took the listening to a whole new level !  Some of the best treble response I've ever heard !  What I couldn't believe though is that the audio store had them connected to (IMHO) mid-fi equipment.  When I asked them to move them to hi-fi equipment, they reluctantly did but of course, what a difference !  Why an audio store wouldn't demo a great speaker with comparable equipment is beyond me !  

I have heard most of the Vandersteen speakers at both dealers and at shows and wasn’t that impressed. The Quatro’s, 5’s and 7’s sound very good but not for the money when comparing to other speakers. I’ve met Richard at a private dealer showing and he demoed a few pairs of his speakers up to the 5’s so they were setup properly and used quality components.

I’ve also listened to all the higher end Maggie’s including the 30.7’s at 1 of the tour stops, at friends houses with the 20.7’s and 3.x’s and wasn’t impressed. The best Maggie I have heard was the 20.1 at a dealer friend of mine, it could have been because of the Mcintosh source equipment.
I prefer the Revel’s, Ushers, Wilson’s, Raidho, Totem, Magico and a few others.