Is my room OK for Magneplanar 3.6's

I empathize, since my room is even smaller than yours. Have you considered the Mini Maggies? At the introduction, people were comparing them favorably to the 20.1's, and rumor has it they'll finally be out in January. I'll be given them a listen myself.

Maplegrovemusic,

The general rule of thumb is a minimum of 3' behind the speakers, a minimum of 2' on either side. But 5' is better behind and they keep getting better up to 15'! They really like to breathe.

To put this in perspective, you want the tweeters on an equilateral triangle with you, or a bit less, it will vary with room and preference. And you don't want to be too close to the large ones, because a) it will boost the bass and b) you'll start to hear the angular separation between the woofer, mid, and tweeter.

Another thing you have to consider is that the big ones can make a small room inconvenient and claustrophobic.

Unfortunately, there are no precise guidelines. I think it helps if you can equalize the bass, as the speakers grow large with respect to the room the room starts to act like a sealed enclosure and the bass output goes up. Which can be good or bad depending, but in any case can be tamed with EQ.

I wish! I own a pair of Tympani 1-D's but my new listening room is only 13' x 14', so I can't fit them and I'm temporary using a pair of MMG's that I bought for my home office. I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do -- I'm thinking I may be able to shoehorn in a pair of 1.7's. Also eager to check out the Mini Maggies if they ever show up at stores, some people at the show were saying they sounded as good as the 20.1's.

On the other hand, I'm thinking you could probably squeeze a pair of 3.x's into your room. They'd be happier with more space of course but tat doesn't mean they won't sound good, I ran my 1-D's for years in a room that was too small and there were some compromises as a result but they were still fairly spectacular.