Upgrade to Maggi 3.7i or Tekton Moab?

I've owned the Tekton Impact Monitors for two years, and have spent an evening with the Moabs. I've also been auditioning the Maggie 1.7is in my home for the past month and a half. The Maggies are an impressive speaker, and I like them very much, but the edge for detail and dynamics goes to the Tektons. The Moabs take things to an even better place. You won't go wrong with the Tektons. 

Big Maggies have plenty of slam, especially the 3-panel models (Tympani's, 30.7), In fact, you haven't heard midbass until you've heard it coming from a big Maggie (or the GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Sub).

I have Double Impacts as well as 3.7i's in a large room. The 3.7i's with subs hit me real good! The Double Impacts are fun, but they don't have the finesse I get from the Maggies.

I went from having Maggie 20.1 for many years to Moab’s. I loved what the Maggie’s do. To my ears, my friends ears and my wife’s ears.. the Moab’s are another level. In a well treated room with quality equipment, hold on tight. Not sure why anyone would say “poor imaging”.. in the dark people have asked me what center channel speaker I use. They’re surprised when I show them there isn’t one. 

While I’ve never been a fan on judging a speaker at an audio show and much prefer judging it in my own room, I have never heard a Tekton or Zu speaker I liked.  I attend every large audio show in the U.S. and I‘ve heard the Moab, Double Impact, Pendragon, and Lore just to name a few in over a dozen setups.  To my ears, and the ears of a friend of mine who is an audio reviewer...the tweeter design sounds “muddy.”  As if someone poured maple syrup over the drivers.  I get the sensation of wanting to take Windex to a window covered in dirt.  Where’s the clarity? Where’s the air around the instruments?  To these ears, nowhere to be found.  I have come to discover that I personally do not like the sound of Eminence pro drivers, which are found in many Tekton and Zu designs.  To me, they sound like pro drivers that don’t belong in hi-fi.  Your ears may tell you differently.  And no, I do not like overly bright speakers either. I don’t love Focal or KEF speakers, but I’ll take a pair from those manufacturers over a Tekton any day.  

If you plan on buying a speaker without auditioning, why entertain buying speakers that have such a love/hate reputation when you can gravitate towards universally loved and acclaimed speakers that aren’t so divisive?  When it comes to Tekton and Zu, always audition first.  You might hate them, you might love them.  But what you’ll really hate is having to box up those massive speakers and ship them back if you don’t.  Reach out to a forum member in your area and request an audition first, it’s a must with these speakers.