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VonSchweikert VR4JR vs Magenpan MG 1.6

I'm considering replacing my VR4JRs with the MG 1.6 combined with a Rel Sub. I've demoed the 1.6s in-store, without the sub, and have been quite impressed, but have not yet demoed them at home. It is a really close call for me and I plan to home-demo them in a month when I have the time. I would bi-amp the 1.6 as i have with the JRs with tubes (90 WPC)on the mid/highs and a SS amp (200 WPC) on the bass. Bi-wired (obviously) with JPS Superconductor Petites.
Meanwhile, I'm interested in the opinions of anyone who has heard both.
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jgiacalo OP
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Dave,
My room is 15' x 21' with the current JRs on a short wall where their front faces stand 48" from the wall behind and are about 3-4' from the side walls. Think that will work with the 1.6s?
Another few questions. Do the maggies make images larger than life? And, how durable are the Maggies? I've read a number of threads that describe separation of the film from the wires. Is that an old, remedied, problem or does it persist with newer models as well?

Thanks for the responses.

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jgiacalo OP
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Thanks for all of your input. I will demo the Maggies again but I'm now leaning toward keeping the VR4JRs.

For those JR owners here are a few tweaks which have boosted my JRs' performance noticeably. 1)Using Walker SST on all internal speaker connections, and 2)replacing the upper module spikes with Herbies Big Fat Black Dots. Better yet - the Big fat Black Dots, a cut-to-size piece of 3/8" MDF on top of the dots, and then the upper module-with-spikes on top of the MDF. This last mod brings a significant increase in clarity and imaging.
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