Just heard the 1.7's yesterday and while they are good, I'd say the diff is not all that much better. As we in the audio press always need to be screaming "new and improved" to sell products, I'd say they are certainly evolutionary, but not revolutionary.
I've got a pair of 1.6's that I had Sean at Skiing Ninja rebuild the crossovers. For my $$ this was a much better upgrade, as to me the weak link in the Maggies is not the panel, it's the cheap parts used in the crossovers. Once we got that out of the way, we were both blown away by how good the 1.6 is.
For my money, I'd go with a pair of 1.6's with upgraded crossovers over the 1.7. If I was starting at zero and no desire to mod anything (which I'm usually not), the 1.7's are excellent and certainly a step up from the stock 1.6.
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