OK, I've had my MMGs for a coupla months now, and I really, really love them! Music sounds so lush and gorgeous, it's really made music a central part of my life again.

So now I'm bitten by the bug. And I'm wondering, when my 6-month period is up, should I trade them up for the big boys, the 1.6qr's?

I've read most of the reviews and they're all glowing, so I'm really tempted. But the thing is this: I don't really have a lot of flexibility in terms of positioning the speakers.

Everybody says positioning is critical. But my room is only about 15' wide (20' deep), and it doubles as my living room (as well as an entranceway), so the speakers can't really sit several feet away from the walls. It would just be way way too awkward and my wife wouldn't put up with it.

With my MMGs, I compensate for this by putting some high grade 4" Auralex acoustic foam (I happened to have some sitting around from my recording days) on the walls behind and next to the speaker. That makes the sound very tight, and I really like the way this sounds. Even so, I know the room has some "issues" on the bass end (there's a node at 65 hz that I'm having a hard time getting rid of).

The amp is a Musical Fidelity A3.2 dual mono integrated amp. I'm also using a Dayton 10" Titanic subwoofer from the kit, which I like very much.

So, would I be wasting my money on the 1.6qr's without the ability to position them optimally, in a dedicated listening room? Should I just stick with my MMGs and wait for another day to buy the 1.6qr's, when I can give them the space they require?

Or am I going to be just as blown away as I was when I first got the MMGs?