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Magnepan 3.6qr VS 1.7i

I’ve decided I want to own a pair of Magnepans. It’s kind of like Jeremy Clarkson’s belief about Alfa Romeo. If you wanna be a true HiFi Enthusiast, you have to have gone through a set of Maggie’s.
I’ve been watching the classifieds both here and elsewhere, and occasionally, I’ll see a set of used 3.6r’s go for sale at about 2k$. A set of new Maggie 1.7i’s retail for roughly the same. Electronics aside, which one is the better buy? Are the older, higher-tier 3.6r’s superior to the newer, lower-tier 1.7i’s, or does the new tech in the x.7-series surpass even a higher-tier x.6-series? Is the 3.6r the better buy?
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I have owned a pair of 3.6 Maggies for about 12 years.  They are amazing and I woukd highly reconmend a lightly used pair over the 1.7s.

What is absolitely critical is the have a atout amp for them.  I wenr through a number of amps until I acquired a pair of MC-501s that made them sing!

Others have found the Byrston amps are more to their taste.  The Key for Maggies is enough current.

They will sound OK with less power, but the magic happens when they get the juice they crave.  Ask any satisfied Maggie owner and see what they say.
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