Using the Magnepan 1.7i with two REL S/812 Subs

I am running Legacy Aeris next to Magnepan LRS Plus in a bit of a shootout. The LRS with a SVS SB16 sub. The Maggies actually aren't getting crushed in this comparison. I am using a Michi X5 integrated with the LRS. Legacy Wavelet and Legacy IV 2 stereo amp with the Aeris. I could esily live with either in a pinch. It makes me wonder about the 1.7i or 3.7i.

Go 3.7s and work on speaker placement. 

Which Gallo secretguy? I had the metal tube ones, but now use their big wood one in home theater...

I used them with a pair of Gallo subs. They were great.

My local dealer ran Magnepan 3.7i and 1.7i with a pair of Vandersteen subs, sounded incredible...

I used to have some 3.5R's.  They sounded wonderful and ran with a sub.  The preamp came with the sub out, so no external xover.  I loved the sound.  If you listen to Rubber Soul and some of the other Beatles recordings, you can hear people talking in the background.  I found that you hear everything that was put down on the recording, everything.  I sold and went a different way.  I miss that sound and completely understand where you are coming from.  The only downside to the Maggie's is that I find them fatiguing.  My wee little brain is trying to process everything and has a hard time keeping up.  I have sold or given away other speakers in the past and I find that I miss whatever their signature sound is/was.  So I have become a speaker accumulator (my wife says I'm hoarding).  I would say, do what you're doing, but keep the Legacy, you will find you really miss their sound.