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What do you think about Magnepans 3.6R for me

I am considering new speakers. I am thinking of getting a pair of Magnepan 3.6R. Will the speakers fit my equipment and room? I have a music room 28 x 16 for half and 28 x 22 for the other half. This room opens into a hallway on one side and two double doors on the other side.
My equipment is as follows:
1. Sonic Frontiers Line 3 SSE
2. Sonic Frontiers Power 3 with KT88 tubes
3: Mark Levinson 36s
4. Marl Levinson 37
5. Audioquest Diamond x3 balanced interconnects
6. Audioquest Diamond Dragon speaker cables bi wired
Will I have enough power for the speakers in my size room? Will my Audioquest interconnects have good sound with this setup? The Audioquest interconnects to the amps are about 6 or 7 meters long. I would hate to replace them. I heard these speakers several years ago with ARC equipment in a small room. I liked the sound and I think I would like to own them for a while to play old blues and jazz. I assume I just change the Power 3s over to 4 ohms to use the Magnepans and not use the 8ohms configuration?
I currently have old B&W 801s. I have had them a long time and need a change. I like the sound but want a change.
coxhaus

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coxhaus OP
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And the ceiling is 10 feet. If it makes a difference.
What speakers should I look at?
coxhaus OP
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I want to restate the room size. The room is 28 feet in length and half is 16 wide and the other half is 22 feet wide. The room is not 56 feet long. I think I could have worded it better.
coxhaus OP
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I have the older 801s. My mono-blocs have KT88 tubes instead of the 6550C tubes. The KT88 add about 15 to 20 percent more power. The 8 ohm power is around 285 watts with the KT88s. The 801 were very boomy for 2 weeks while I figured out how to adjust the speakers. The back of the speakers are 3 feet out from the wall and the front of the speakers are 5 feet out from the wall. The speakers have almost 8 feet between them. There is about 4 feet on each side to the wall. I live in an old house with wood floors on peer and beam. There is not a slab of concrete under me.
coxhaus OP
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I have decided my room is too large for my current tube amps. I bought a pair Classe CAM-350 350 Watt Monoblocks in anticipation of auditioning the Magnepan 3.6r speakers. I hope these will be large enough at 700 watts per channel at 4 ohms.
I guess my next question is should I look at the Maggie 20.1 speakers as well? Are the 20.1 speakers a lot better than the 3.6rs?
I had a chance to listen to a pair of Avalons with some German equipmnet driving them in a large room. It seemed like you needed a high volume to bring out the bass. Any comments?
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