I am going to be doing some serious upgrading to my HT set-up. I have a friend with some ML Vantages and have was blown away with the quality of sound. I have since been on a quest to get some new mains and at first was looking into ML Purity or Vista. I have since been reading up on the Maggie 1.7s and am debating which to go for. The Maggies price point is great and opens up room for me to add some 2200s and perhaps a sub as well. Can anyone give some feedback on the ML or Maggies for HT and Music listening. I enjoy all styles of music from rock to jazz. So anyone chime in I would love to hear your experiences in your setting.

Well...sometimes silence is the best way to say...go make up your own mind. While the Vantages did sound awesome, the price point on the maggies was just too good to pass up. After hearing the 1.6 and reading all the reviews on the 1.7 i decided to "blindly" bite the bullet, and am completely confident that they will blow me away. So... 1.7 on order, to arrive in about 4 weeks. I cant wait to add a pair of 2200s in the very near future and slowly add the other components.

Let us know how they sound once you've got them up and running!

Sorry if we appeared to be ignoring you 2206. Apparently none of us has enough experience with these speakers to give you good advice.
Hope you enjoy your new speakers. Let us know!

I am also very interested in the 1.7s. I want to pair them with my Advents as rears and a 7500/990 combo. I would be interested in how the 2200 drives the 1.7s and whether they have issues at high volumes. In the literature I have found on them, it sounds like Magnepan went away from the mylar and now only uses the ribbon film throughout the 1.7. It sounds like it is a lot closer to what ML uses without a bass module. Believe it or not there is no Magnepan dealer in Miami. Have to go 75 miles north to get to a dealer who doesn't know the speakers exist yet.

No worries. My dealer didnt even have a demo pair, but i liked the sound of the 1.6 so much and all the reviews on the 1.7s just indicate that magnepan somehow improved what little needed to be improved upon. Heres a question you can help me with. This is my first step in slowly upgrading my whole set-up. I am currently running a Sony 5200ES for my receiver, once I get my speakers in I am going to add on 2 M2200s for power and probably a sub later in the year. Can you guys recommend some subs that wont break the bank but will blend well with maggies and also what you would do for a center channel and rears with a planar speaker (ive heard some places that you should stick with magnepans all around, but i unfortunately dont have that space right now). In terms of subs my initial direction was with a mid tier REL, but give me some advice on your experiences.

I don't know about ideas for a center channnel, but there are a number of good options online for subwoofers. Since we are here, I would point toward some of the Outlaw subs - the LFM series of subs are quite nice and reasonably priced. Other brands to consider including HSU Research and SVS.

Ive been interested in the outlaw subs. great price and really good reviews. Are they musical? I am looking for a sub that blends well for music listening, but has the ability to handle LFE well and power through when I need it.

I have an LFM1 EX which is as powerful as I could ever dream of using. I have it paired with an Aperion S-12 which I feel is more musical but doesn't go as low with as much authority. Together they are able to rattle the windows out of my house at half power. I use my system to listen to a lot of Blues/Jazz/Rock and the subs are really well integrated with my mains. I would love to match my subs with the 1.7s for music. At the moment I have 2 spare channels on my 7125 which I could dedicate to the 1.7s but I don't have the room yet.

I remain very happy with my LFM-1, which has been serving us well since some time in the spring of 2004. It has acquitted itself well on both movies and music.