All the above are great observations. FWIW, I fell in love with planars over a year ago after an ad hoc 3.6 demo.
I finally purchased used 3.5s this year, but did not really hear the speaker's bass extension until throwing 375wpc into them via Plinius. On other speakers, some Plinius users have complained of slightly boomy/uncontrolled bass, but on 3.5's I haven't experienced same.
When I demo'd both, I was not as impressed with 1.6QR's (taking into account their obvious differences), as bass extension problems seemed so much greater and perhaps harder to solve.
IMHO, it somewhat becomes a 'purpose built' question. As a studio musician I'm used to near field listening on small, articulate and revealing monitors. My previous home speakers were Von Schweikert VM-2 monitors (true, their not Genelecs).
I still mix on these in my home studio, but now also run check mixes through the Maggies.
I finally purchased used 3.5s this year, but did not really hear the speaker's bass extension until throwing 375wpc into them via Plinius. On other speakers, some Plinius users have complained of slightly boomy/uncontrolled bass, but on 3.5's I haven't experienced same.
When I demo'd both, I was not as impressed with 1.6QR's (taking into account their obvious differences), as bass extension problems seemed so much greater and perhaps harder to solve.
IMHO, it somewhat becomes a 'purpose built' question. As a studio musician I'm used to near field listening on small, articulate and revealing monitors. My previous home speakers were Von Schweikert VM-2 monitors (true, their not Genelecs).
I still mix on these in my home studio, but now also run check mixes through the Maggies.