Hello Joel:
You're comparing apples and oranges here. Maggies with the ribbon tweeter are wonderful, delicate sounding speakers that can reveal every nuance in a good recording. Midrange on the bigger series is a thing of great beauty, for a time I had 3.5r's and enjoyed them greatly, however I prefer the slam of a hybrid.
Martin Logan are a bit more difficult to place for proper imaging, a sweeter sound overall than the maggies, but with
the addition of low frequency "slam" that you may find lacking in the maggies. Some folks say that Martin-Logan has yet to properly integrate the crossover between the woofers and the panel in their line, others cannot hear the transition at all. Neither speaker is "better" than the other. You've got a bit of listening to do to find which sound will be right for you!
I've owned both the Maggie 3.5r, and ML request. In the end I went back to a speaker that I had owned previously, and found that I like better than almost anything out there today, the Infinity RS1b.
Hope this helps!
Paul
You're comparing apples and oranges here. Maggies with the ribbon tweeter are wonderful, delicate sounding speakers that can reveal every nuance in a good recording. Midrange on the bigger series is a thing of great beauty, for a time I had 3.5r's and enjoyed them greatly, however I prefer the slam of a hybrid.
Martin Logan are a bit more difficult to place for proper imaging, a sweeter sound overall than the maggies, but with
the addition of low frequency "slam" that you may find lacking in the maggies. Some folks say that Martin-Logan has yet to properly integrate the crossover between the woofers and the panel in their line, others cannot hear the transition at all. Neither speaker is "better" than the other. You've got a bit of listening to do to find which sound will be right for you!
I've owned both the Maggie 3.5r, and ML request. In the end I went back to a speaker that I had owned previously, and found that I like better than almost anything out there today, the Infinity RS1b.
Hope this helps!
Paul