First, I really want to thank you for taking your valuable free time to spend helping through this decision. I wish I could return the favor. Your knowledge base is phenomenal. I am almost done procuring my seven 2200s and then I'm looking at speakers. I was sure I wanted to upgrade my Martin Logans to the Vistas but now I am intrigued with Maggies. A long time ago I bought a set of ESS Heil AMT (Air Motion Transfer) Fives and have been fond of that speaker design ever since. I guess Oscar Heil is still in the businesws but the costs are prohibitive to me. I will probably put the pre/pro last since I can use my Denon AVR for the task. Portland (OR) has a Maggie dealer and they are priced right, a tier below the ML's. Wow, what a lot of money but I'm single so it's OK.