Maggies to Tekton?

I had a pair of Maggies (the small MMGIs) and now have the Tekton DIs (but with ribbon tweeters instead of the standard arrays). To be sure, they are very different animals. I used the Maggies, with a suitably fast subwoofer, in a small room. In that context, they were great - so detailed, transparent, and spacious. I have my Tekton DIs in a much larger room, in which the Maggies would have been lost. In that room I needed something that moves a lot of air. The DIs are wonderful for that purpose, but they are also great to listen to a lower volumes. And they are very easy to place, which cannot be said for the Maggies. As others have observed, you have a ton of options, when it comes to speakers that give a different experience from Magnepans. But you won't find many at or near the Tekton's price point.  

At 100 WPC, your McIntosh amp should be adequate to power your Maggies, however the size of your new listening room may not be large enough to get the performance you were used to. When Maggies don't get that combination of enough space and enough power, they lose their magic and I don't know how much a sub would help. I've not heard any of the Tektons, but suspect  an apple-to-oranges type comparison which might be just what you're after considering all the recent changes in your life. Best of luck and please keep us posted.

you may want to check out quad esl 2812 or 2912 or even esl64's. your amplifier is powerful enough to drive most speakers. if you want some high efficiency dynamics, tannoy or klipsch are very nice also.

As you know the 1.7s present a large image, which for some is a fair trade off for dynamics. 

The Lore Reference may disappoint in two areas... image size and low end. 

Consider upsizing to the Lore (with its 10” driver).. or even larger.  Zu may also be worth looking into.  

Remember that you will have return shipping costs if you buy new.  And don’t be afraid to buy preowned... there are a number of good Tekton offerings and much of the depreciation is out of the way if you decide to resell. 

I have the Maggie 1.7's in a large room.  Unclear if I have really optimized their placement.  Often I am enthralled by the soundstage and precision/definition I hear but other recordings just don't seem to be that engaging which may be the lack of that "dynamic" quality you are mentioning.  I will say the Maggie's sounded a lot better with something like the Crown XLS 2502 which really brings out a sense of fullness and presence or the PS Audio Stellar S300's which are very precise and open but a little sterile than they did with a 45 watt tube amplifier.  If you want to give your Maggies a different sound cheaply I would suggest buying the Crown XLS 1502 or 2502 on Amazon and seeing how they sound.  If you don't like them it is an easy and often free return.  I think the Crown's sound amazing but the soundstage is quite a bit smaller than the S300's.

OK, that was all an aside.  I have a pair of Moab Short speakers (62" version) being delivered tomorrow.  I've listened to the Moab's in two different setups.  I am hopefully they will provide all the positive qualities of the Maggies and then some.  One guy that let me hear his Moab's also had a set of Lore's set up in a different room and I got to listen to them also.  They sounded detailed and musical but also just sounded small compared to the Moab's.  I would not have been happy trading the 1.7's for them and I don't think you would be either.  A lot of the excitement/magic around the Tekton's comes from that 7 tweeter array that handles the midrange and high end.  I'm not sure you will get what you want from a Tekton that doesn't include that tweeter array.  So my suggestion would be to move up a bit in the Tekton product line and maybe buy used if your budget is strict.

And Zu Audio is having their  OMEN DIRTY WEEKEND [MK.II] sale starting this Thursday where a special edition of the MK II's is marked down to $999. I've never heard them but a lot of people love them. Final idea for a small room is to pick up a used pair of the KEF LS50's. I think somebody else mentioned them.  All the reviews are great but I've never heard them either.