I've spent an hour listening at the dealer's with his music, and about 2 hours with a test CD I made up. Not against a 1.7i, but against a 1.7.
The 3.7i does sound better to me, but even if the improvement is not due to visuals (the bigger speaker, known to cost nearly 3x as much _ought_ to sound better), I am not really hearing $4,000 worth of improvement.
In my room the difference may well be less, but there is no way to test them both in my room, or even to hear the 3.7i at home without buying it outright.
That's why I'm interested in hearing other people's impressions of particular qualities to listen for next time I try them out.
The 3.7i does sound better to me, but even if the improvement is not due to visuals (the bigger speaker, known to cost nearly 3x as much _ought_ to sound better), I am not really hearing $4,000 worth of improvement.
In my room the difference may well be less, but there is no way to test them both in my room, or even to hear the 3.7i at home without buying it outright.
That's why I'm interested in hearing other people's impressions of particular qualities to listen for next time I try them out.