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Q on the inevitable upgrade path.

Hi

I currently have a HT system (Vandy 2Ce's, VCC-1, VSM-1 with Hsu VTF -2) driven by B&K AVP 4090 and B&K AV 500 II. System sound good but not getting enough goose bumps/emotional connection to the music/movies, particularly music. My room is 18.5x10.5 and 10 ft ceilings, Front speakers are 2 feet from wall and 10 feet from me.

Question on upgrading, thinking of getting Maggie 1.6 QR's to start and then building an all Maggie system around it. Other option is to upgrade the Vandy's to 2Ce Sig's and/or get a better pre/amp (thinking Outlaw 950 and a 150 or 200W/channel amp).

Any suggestons what would work well for me.

Types of music is very varied, lots of jazz/blues, classical (opera and symphony) and some hard rock.

Shriram
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slappy
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Maggies might be a bad idea.

how many people watch movies with you? If it is just you and the better half then it might be ok, but if you have several people over then they probably wont be able to enjoy the sweetspot with the planars. Not to mention it might be hard getting those maggies to breath properly in that space. Im not so much worried about the fronts as the rears.

I used to have a Definitive Technologys HT setup that blew my mind, man that sounded good. might want to check into those as well, next time i build a HT im definatly going back to the Deftechs. Talk about making the hair on the back of your neck stand. thinking about the chase scene with Jengo Fett and Obe-Wan with the Seismic charges in "Attack of the clones"
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