My first real good speaker was a Magnepan mg 1 in 1978. I brought it with me when i first went to college in nothern california. my room mates were stunned at the realism offered by these unique speakers. So many parties and qustions later the local retailer started selling them a couple years after. I then found a pair of magnepan tympani 1Bs. These speakers were three paneled per side to produce a wide soundstage that no other speaker can copy. Each side is a min of four feet wide and can be un hinged at the tweeter panel to be even wider. The speaker i settled on is the tympani 4 and the single panel mg 3.3. These MAGNEPAN TYMPANI 4s will produce such detail that you will hear the guitar players breath and fingers pluck the strings. The main great thing for me is the mid bass slam. They dont produce much below forty hertz but can be the best speaker used in a huge front projector system if you have the room. You will need the cleanest power you can get and also a good clean pre amp. A nice amp to get is the yamaha b2x or anything with a good and clean power supply. They range from a thousand and up. The earlier TYMPANI 1A,1B,1C,AND 1D were two ways but still great sounding. The newer TYMPANI 4 AND 4As had true ribbon tweeters you have to be real carefull not to damage if you play realistic levels in your theater. The older Tympanis work better for theatre because of this but contact MAGNEPAN on their ability to repair these older speakers.