Vandersteen Treo CT vs Mag 3.7i speakers

Both great choices.  I have owned older Maggies and Apogee's as well.  I owned the Treo's while I waited to save the money to upgrade last year. I went with the Quatro's as they took the Treo to another level with the tunable bass. I auditioned nearly all the speakers from 45k down and for my ears, system and house the Vandersteen's just gave me everything I wanted.  I think tonality it so great with them and they were very easy to fit into the room as they go right in the corners of the room.  My wife loves where they are positioned, but I do also.  It's nice not having the speakers out into the room too much.  I don't get suck out in the middle of the sound stage or anything like that.  I'm running all Ayre gear on them.

As for Maggies, their mids can be glorious.  There is something special to be said bout properly set up panels like Maggies.  They just won't have the lower octave in the way the Treo or Quatro will have.  

What are you going to run the system with?  If you can't get them into your house (I"m sure you can), just bring in your amp and pre to your store and listen for a few hours with your favorite pieces.  Rather than listening so critically this time, just listen and see which one make your body move. Which one will make you want to hum along or tap your toes or....Both are always considered top value speakers that punch well beyond their price ranges.  As you can see, Maggie and VAndy's name keep coming up by those of us who own them as we do love them. 

I personally got the Treo and now the Quatro's as I wanted a true full range speaker that would easily fit into my room as well as the system that I already had put together.  You can't go wrong with either as long as your equipment will work with them and I'm sure your dealer and you have already gone over that.  Congrats on two great finalists.  You can't go wrong with either.

Rock was one of the reasons I got rid of the Maggies quickly years ago.  I hear them a lot at friends houses etc... and I still like a lot of rock also.  Vocals they are cool, but yea, the Vandersteen's really are versatile

True dat.  I personally like diffusion more than absorption in so many instances.  I think all too often folks make their rooms deader than they should be.  All to often diffusion will keep the room alive while stopping any problems you may have.  I personally love 4-5 foot high plants (I use nice silk ones).  There are plenty of ways to do this.  

That said, this is one of the reason's I'm loving the Vandersteen's as they are so easy to place out of the way and you get a huge soundstage when that's what is recorded. You end up using a possibly room problem for helping rather than hurting.  JMHO.  Many ways to skin the cat.

Funny as they are different speakers in so many ways, but Vandy's are so open, they compete with Maggies in the area's that Maggies do best, but then you get the things that Vandy does that Maggies just can't and that put it over the top for many of us I think.  Can't go wrong with either, but it's more about what you partner the Maggies with.

You can use any amp/source and get the best sound out of them.  With Maggies, I have heard them with the same set up as the Vandersteen's and hated them.  They had to pad it down with a resistor I think it was and it was still too hot for my ears.  When I had them in the house, they were run on Quicksilver and then Audio Research gear and did just fine.