Magnepan 20.1

My take would be that you'd be initially left impressed with them (a change can be refreshing in many ways..), but which soon wears off after a long while and be missing back those energy behind snaps and plucks of string, as well real heft/power behind bass drives you used to be getting from your dynamic speakers (with maggies you get big full bass but generally lesser impact). And although the soundstage and imaging larger--lifelike in size, scale and presentation, in comparison, they are also slightly vague and diffused--not as pin-point or defined.

Therefore, as it is quite a dramatic change in musical presentation from what you are accustomed to, it is advisable to spend longer hours with them at dealer or friend's first (with your favorite records) to get a better grasp of their sound, and make sure they are right 'for you and your music' prior to taking the plunge.

Played around with my MG20.1 for 3yrs ('03-'06), using dCS (4pcs) as source, through VTL REF7.5/ARC REF3, and alternating driving amps were ARC REF600mkIII, Jadis JA200 or FMA 611.

Well yes, they were certainly good and even excellent in some ways as many above have correctly mentioned. Loved them enough to have lived with for many years. But that was the brief and general description of what I, and a few 'phile friends experienced, in my room, where side-by-side, direct comparison, was conducted for a period of 3 days with the SF Strads which ultimately replaces them back then.

Johnnyb53 : They had excellent dynamics. They didn't sound quite as dynamic and transparent as the Wilson MAXX 3's, but those are over twice the price. I liked the Maggies.

< These more or less summarized what I felt too back then..
Nonetheless, I believe Maggies is still one of the greats in audio bargain out there today. Especially when putting cost to performance ratio into perspective.