Anyone tried Magnepan 1.6's with rock music?

I used the 1.6 as my main speakers for 3 years. They were powered by the Classe' 25 (500wpc @ 4ohms) and I used a Vandersteen 2WQ subwoofer so the Classe' didn't even need to supply energy for the bottom octave and classic rock like the Eagles Hell Freezes over communicated quite effectively. But the ultimate speaker for classic rock in the seventies is the JBL L100 or 4311 studio monitor. Much of the music of that era was mixed on those babies and Pete Townshend of the Who still uses them at home.

To me, the Soliloquies sound muddy as hell. No speed/pace at all. But hey what do I know, I think the Proacs sound muddy too and lots of people love em.

For classic rock the obvious choice is huge horn loaded boxes with 15 or 18 inch drivers. They will sound "right" because that sound is exactly what you get at a live concert.

Maggies will do their best for you, but their virtues lie in other directions.

Yeah, I kind of assumed all this info but I had to ask. Thanks, Scott

I have a pair of 1.5s driven with 100 watts solid state and a tube preamp. I have the impression so far that more power would help them to shine with rock music, but with other music I am totally in love with them. I feel alot of great rock songs were not the greatest recordings and since these speakers really show things the way they are upstream, the higher volume levels most of us would play rock songs at make the bad ones even worse. My amp may not have the iron grip on the panels the way a more powerful one would, and that would definitely help in the bass. If you want to shake things in the house with every beat then I would look elsewhere, but if imaging and purity of tone are important give them a listen.