Magnepan 3.7's versus 20.1's?

This is an interesting discussion to which I would like to ask a question.

When is a room big enough for 3.7's?

I upgraded to 1.7's from 1.2's and heard a world of improvement. Due to room size and physical set up, I do not think that I am getting all the sound stage and depth of field out of the 1.7's.

This indicates to me that the 3.7's would work even less well.

Does my reasoning make sense or does it expose my ignorance?

Please help me to understand room size better.

My room is 15 feet wide and 35 feet long with 8 foot ceilings. The speakers are four feet from the front wall and, due to WAF, the listeing seat is about thirteen feet from the same wall. I cannot move the listening spot further back.

Thanks.

the front wall is the 15 foot wall. there is no way to place the speakers along the long wall

Brownsfan,

Thank you for your comments. As I think about it, certain albums do provide better soundstage and depth of field than other albums.

So...it appears you are suggesting that the 3.7's would not necessarily be too big for my space?