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Experienced Maggie Lovers Please Advise

I have the itch to buy another set of Maggies (MG2s were my last set many years ago)  There are no stocking dealers near me (I'm told Magneplanar is leaning into  a made to order manufacturer) so I'm going on the advice of experienced fellow Maggie lovers.

I see reviews all over the place on LRS,  MG .7 and MG 1.7i. I see little on MG2.7i or x and and nothing on MG 3.7i or x.  My questions are these:

Have you ever listened to a set of MG 3.7i and if so did you have a chance to hear them compared to 2.7 or 1.7? Please share your experience. 

In your eye/ear witness opinion Is the X upgrade worth the bump in price? 

FWIW My nearest dealer said he'd give a full refund and pay return shipping if I wasn't satisficed after 30 days of ownership.  

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I have a small acoustically treated room, 12x11x9 that I had a few speakers in, from monitors to a full-range speaker. I always needed the acoustic treatments with all the speakers including the LRS+. However, with the LRS+ I found that removing the absorption panels for the left and right first reflections improved the sound of the LRS+, without any negative issues.

My only complaint on the LRS+ is that it is not as detailed as some other speakers I have had in the same space with the same price point, ex KEF LS50 Meta. However, the LRS+ was better overall for what I like, a big soundstage with depth that I could overlook the less than great detail retrieval,

A new speaker from Magnepan seems to address my concerns.

MAGNEPAN .7X, Compared with LRS+ and More! (youtube.com)

 

 

 

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