Yeah the Maggies are PRETTY sounding with the right gear, and do things that sound great with instrumentals and vocals and such. But I second the 'SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM" as a bother for me. I like to move around the room and hear music most often. Cant to this with the Maggies.
Also, forget ROCK and HEAVY PERCUSION OR DYNAMIC STUFF! The maggies are made for mellow light listening, more delicate music if you ask me. And that goes for HT purposes...YOu can forget that too with the Maggies! Definitely a more DAINTY POLITE kind of speaker.
When I listen to my MUCH HIGHER SENSITIVITY, MORE BEEFY, PISTON DRIVER speaker rig, it's FAR MORE DYNAMIC AND AUTHORITATIVE, and sound much more like a real speaker should to my ears.
I mutch admired a lot of what, say, the Maggie 1.6's can do in respect to certain sonic attributes. However, they just aren't PRACTICAL enough for my real world purposes and practicalities. If I were to switch to listening to strickly DIANNA KRALL OR string quartets and such, and was confined to my WHEEL CHAIR, I think the Maggies would work for me...
Also, forget ROCK and HEAVY PERCUSION OR DYNAMIC STUFF! The maggies are made for mellow light listening, more delicate music if you ask me. And that goes for HT purposes...YOu can forget that too with the Maggies! Definitely a more DAINTY POLITE kind of speaker.
When I listen to my MUCH HIGHER SENSITIVITY, MORE BEEFY, PISTON DRIVER speaker rig, it's FAR MORE DYNAMIC AND AUTHORITATIVE, and sound much more like a real speaker should to my ears.
I mutch admired a lot of what, say, the Maggie 1.6's can do in respect to certain sonic attributes. However, they just aren't PRACTICAL enough for my real world purposes and practicalities. If I were to switch to listening to strickly DIANNA KRALL OR string quartets and such, and was confined to my WHEEL CHAIR, I think the Maggies would work for me...