I feel that the current Summit do a very good job of integrating the bass with the panel. I have heard the Maggie 3.6 along with everything (but Alexandria) from Wilson, Vivid, BW, Linn, Sonus Faber (except Elipsa/Strads), Quad 2805 and I feel they run up there with the best of them. Of course, some speakers do some things better, but overall, I feel the current ML Summit offers quite a lot for the money. I, for one, was not impressed by the Quad 2805 in the setup I heard with Naim gear.
The bass just needs to be well calibrated for the room, the 25 and 50hz eq has to be optimized for each setting.
As for the Maggie, they are very good speakers, but I feel like there's a definite discontinuity between with the ribbon tweeter involved.
The bass just needs to be well calibrated for the room, the 25 and 50hz eq has to be optimized for each setting.
As for the Maggie, they are very good speakers, but I feel like there's a definite discontinuity between with the ribbon tweeter involved.