Paladin928, a heretical question:

Are you sure you actually need a center channel? I ask because with my Maggie 1.6QR's about 8 feet apart, toed in and flanking the two vertical parts of a display unit with a Panasonic 42" plasma screen in the middle, I get very good center fill from my viewing position 8-9 feet back, whether watching video or listening to stereo. There is "even a good illusion of surround sound, and I mean 360 degrees, on some material; it was amazing on "Monsters Inc".

I think - anybody reading this please correct me! - that the main advantage of any center channel speaker is to broaden the listening sweet spot. Yes, I do plan to get a Maggie MMG-C and a pair of MMG-W's - eventually. There are higher items on my priority list though.

Re your amps, I've written elsewhere in the Saloon about the illogic of enormous wattage to drive any speakers, even Maggies, in real-world use (auditorium-sized venues excepted). My nOrh L2 monoblocks are supposed to pump 400 watts into my Maggies but I doubt if I've ever actually gotten within 7 dB of that. (That's 80 watts.) The challenge in my other message still holds: someone show me actual measurements of the power, including peaks, being delivered to any speaker in real-world conditions, involving commercially available source materials played at usable listening volumes in a real, not demonstration or simulation, situation.

Your 375-watt amplifiers should be more than enough, is what I'm trying to say, and I KNOW you'll be pleased with the Maggie 1.6QR's.

Best,

Paul Nay