What's Up with Magnapan at Shows?

Magnepan is a little different. They have a vision and are hard nosed and driven with respect to implementation of their vision. That has worked well for them so far.
I got my first pair of Maggies in 1990. I'm now on my third pair. Last time around I spent two years trying to find something else I could live with. I could, for 2.5 x the cost of my new 3.7R's. End of story.

Taters-- sorry to hear that.There is no excuse for rudeness.

The difference in the published specs between the 3.7's and 3.6's are I'm sure accurate, and the difference may well be in the crossover. I can tell you that I am most happy to give up a little between 37 and 34 hz in order to receive the benefits of the new crossover. The new series crossover is much smaller, but it is a much better crossover in many ways. In either case, if you want to fill out the 20 to 40 hz region you are going to need a sub.

Donc55, It is interesting to observe the bewildering array of reactions to the 3.7's. I have done nothing special in my 15x19x8 listening room. Maybe I just got lucky. On the other hand, when I auditioned the 3.7's before purchase, the room was a completely different room. Larger, with the Maggies along the long wall instead of the short wall. The salon had gone to a great deal of trouble in setting up the room. Of course they sounded good in that room. But other speakers, not so much. Including the highly regarded Aerial 7T's, which certainly go much deeper than the Maggies. In my humble opinion, the 3.7's are better than the 3.6's by a wide margin. More musical, certainly more coherent. The crossovers in the .6 series speakers could sound pretty awful sometimes especially with french horns and female voices. Ice picks in the ear drums bad. Sorry man, its not hype. I've been living with Maggies for 23 years. The 3.7's are the best Maggies I have heard without going into the tympanis or 20.'s. I never heard the IIIa's or 2.6R's, but I certainly know the 3.5's, 3.6's and 1.6's. The 3.7's are better than the 3.6's to my ears.

Don,
I also use the Stereophile CD and the radio shack meter. They are very helpful and informative. As for things like coherence, use your ears. That is what I do. Not everyone hears the same thing. That is fine. I don't tell other people what they will or won't hear, but I don't mind telling people what I hear. I just suggest people listen. The good thing here is that no one is forcing sales on anyone. Before I bought I listened to a lot of well reviewed speakers that cost a lot more than the Maggies and I didn't like them. I could care less how they measured or that they were flat down to 27 hz. They weren't as musical as the Maggies, in my opinion.