Ke

Thanks everyone. I manage to arrange a direct comparison btw 12 and 1.7 and will let you know how they compare. I can get 3 ft from back wall for listening. Maggies are easy to move around, which makes it easier in the smaller room. I can push them farther back, and bring forward for real listening. They will be very close to side walls, but that does not seem to give any trouble. Ke

There has been a lot of discussion about what size room different speakers need etc. I have a small room (around 8x14 feet) where I demoed MG12's which sounded great. I also demoed MG 1.7's which are new, not properly broken in yet. I also compared both at the local store with my amp, and while both sounded great, the 1.7 was just better in all areas. Now the question: the better fit to my small room, based on advice I have seen, would be MG12, but what actually would make the 1.7's sound worse than 12's in this small room? I fully understand that I will not get the fullest potential out of 1.7's, and maybe not added value for the extra cost compared to 12's. But why wouldn't the 1.7 still sound somewhat better? will there simply be some physical measures that would make them sound worse, e.g. not being able to take them enough forward from the front wall would cause unwanted issues etc. Any inputs will be greatly appreciated. Ke

Steve, Have you come across two new products: PS Audio PerfectWave DAC and Bladelius Embla. Both have a DAC/pre combo, and have or will have LAN connection to retrieve high res files from a server. Embla also has a cd reader, which stores in internal memory. PS Audio has a separate PerfectWave Transport for that. Ke