I think a lot of the point was lost throughout most of this thread. The OP was originally referring to the quality of midrange in the little, less than $1K, Maggie LRS and we end up talking about $8K - $25K speakers. In my opinion, for less than a thousand dollars, when it comes to incredible midrange, a large realistic stage, great imaging and impeccable detail there isn't anything under 2K that comes anywhere close.
As far as bass and the perceived amount of power that it takes to drive the LRS - Hogwash. They will do mid base down to 100 Hz very well, with a moderate amount of power, unless you're trying to drive them to 110db. For bass below 100 Hz, when set up properly, any decent sub will integrate very well. As frequencies fall below 100 Hz they become non directional and are anything but quick and punchy - more like deep and throby and integration is way less of a problem than made out.
I have the Maggie 1.7s and drive them very nicely with a 100W Rogue integrated tube amp. Most of my listening is at less than 80db so lack of power is no problem. Augmented with an ADS sub with the filter set at 60Hz and they sound incredible........Jim
As far as bass and the perceived amount of power that it takes to drive the LRS - Hogwash. They will do mid base down to 100 Hz very well, with a moderate amount of power, unless you're trying to drive them to 110db. For bass below 100 Hz, when set up properly, any decent sub will integrate very well. As frequencies fall below 100 Hz they become non directional and are anything but quick and punchy - more like deep and throby and integration is way less of a problem than made out.
I have the Maggie 1.7s and drive them very nicely with a 100W Rogue integrated tube amp. Most of my listening is at less than 80db so lack of power is no problem. Augmented with an ADS sub with the filter set at 60Hz and they sound incredible........Jim