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magneplanar and sanders

Hello,

I've owned several versions of Maggies and have been thrilled with them.
Aside from the high sound quality, they are so durable - my very set is still owned by a grandchild and it still sounds great.
I've been planning to upgrade my speakers to the Maggie 20.1 - and have asked here about the appropiate amps to use (and received very helpful information).
But suddenly I'm not sure - perhaps the Sanders electro-static might be superior?
Luckily I have two dealers here - one who does Maggies and the other that does Sanders. So I can bring my own CD and compare -
though likely there are some differences in room size and electronics and all the like (volume differences I can do out - I don't understand some stereo but I do play music seriously and can tell the difference between loud and good)
Has anyone here had any experience comparing these two sources? It does seem like I'm in a "win-win" situation - either choice can't lead to horror.

Best wishes
Nottop
nottop

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nottop OP
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Thank you for your response. My listening room is 17x23 but because of the door and window arrangements I would have to put the new speakers along the 17' wall.
My amp is an old Mark Levinson that still sounds pretty good to me. R. Sanders told me that if I purchase the Maggies his amp would sound just fine at the bottom with the Levinson on the top. I'm guessing that since Sanders speakers come with their own built in woofer amp I could use my Levinson on the top and not have to purchase any amp at all.
This is a nice idea for me because that would leave a little room in my budget to purchase a decent preamp and cables.
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