Maggies and rolled off treble

I agree with OP, at times I hear Maggies and really like them, but I alos hear them many times and its a dull and boring sound so it is either upstream gear or the model but its hit and miss.

Anytime I've heard the Maggies, they behaved as a most wonderful midrange speaker. I suppose most of the sound is in the midrange so that's ok. The problem I have had with them, is that the "picture" is so small...it reminds me of headphone listening a bit. I always wish I could remove the wall between the speaker and the performer..which was indeed playing right there in the courtyard.

Midrange is the unsung hero of good audio and happy audiophiles.

This is why Magneplanars, LS35a's, Quad ESL 57's, Celestion 600's and precious few others are legendary speakers, many years after they were first manufactured.

In the meantime, neurotic audiophiles spend fortunes on things like "extension" "air" "resolution" and and "transparency" making themselves miserable in the process and then spending another fortune on corrective measures like overpriced cables and silly tweaks.

20 years from now, no one is going to be sentimental or seeking out today's best subwoofers or the most extended supertweeters for restoration.

But original Quads will still be very expensive.

Are you telling the newer Maggies and Soundlabs are for neurotic audiophiles?

Chris

I would say the newer Maggies and Soundlabs are a much better fit for neurotic audiophiles than the older Maggies, yes.

I would not necessarily say that either are bad speakers.