Maggies have a few flaws:
1 - Their bass is not good. Forget anything belo 35hz with the 3.6's. And this is if you have world class bass amplification.
2 - They lack dynamics of a good box speaker. Especially if you run them with a typical 100wpc-200wpc amp.
3 - It takes a lot of power to drive Maggies well. I had the 3.6's for 3 years and I ended up driving them with 2 Plinius SA 100 mk3 amps (665wpc into the Maggies). This combo was the best I had ever heard driving the Maggie (especially for dynamics, Maggies get more dynamic when fed with more current).
Everything else about the Maggies is world class. I love them as speakers, but they ultimately do not have the dynamics to produce live sound. Switching from Maggies to the Viennea Acoustic Mahlers was a good transition. I did not initially enjoy the sound of the Mahlers than the Maggies (INITIALLY); however, my system when I first got the Mahlers was designed around the Maggie 3.6's. A year later, after my system has evolved around the Mahlers, I can safely say that I am getting better sound (that I like) out of the Mahlers than I ever did from the 3.6's.
You can see my system at this link:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vopin&1043544749&openusid&zzTok20000&4&5#Tok20000
Enjoy!
KF
PS You might want to look at Vienna Acoustic Speakers. They may not be the absolute best in every category at their price points; however, they are very solid in all categories at their price points.
1 - Their bass is not good. Forget anything belo 35hz with the 3.6's. And this is if you have world class bass amplification.
2 - They lack dynamics of a good box speaker. Especially if you run them with a typical 100wpc-200wpc amp.
3 - It takes a lot of power to drive Maggies well. I had the 3.6's for 3 years and I ended up driving them with 2 Plinius SA 100 mk3 amps (665wpc into the Maggies). This combo was the best I had ever heard driving the Maggie (especially for dynamics, Maggies get more dynamic when fed with more current).
Everything else about the Maggies is world class. I love them as speakers, but they ultimately do not have the dynamics to produce live sound. Switching from Maggies to the Viennea Acoustic Mahlers was a good transition. I did not initially enjoy the sound of the Mahlers than the Maggies (INITIALLY); however, my system when I first got the Mahlers was designed around the Maggie 3.6's. A year later, after my system has evolved around the Mahlers, I can safely say that I am getting better sound (that I like) out of the Mahlers than I ever did from the 3.6's.
You can see my system at this link:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vopin&1043544749&openusid&zzTok20000&4&5#Tok20000
Enjoy!
KF
PS You might want to look at Vienna Acoustic Speakers. They may not be the absolute best in every category at their price points; however, they are very solid in all categories at their price points.