Maggie 1.6 and Vandersteen 3A sigs

I agree with Sidssp.If you have both,why are you asking other people for comparisons?Just curious.

when I bought my 1.6s I compared them (on the same system)with a Vandy 2Ce sig (I think) and every time I listened to the 1.6s it was so much more open I had to have them. The Vandys just sounded a bit more ordinary...

I'm curious as well. I know it's a matter of personal taste, but I find it interesting to hear the opinions of others and there reasons for liking one over the other. There are a lot of things I love about the Vandys. It just seems the Maggies never fail to give me goosebumps.

I started my Maggie journey going to a Vandersteen dealer with the intention of purchasing 2Ce Signatures. But he had a pair of 1.6's sitting around. After a 4 hour audition listening to each speaker for two alternating 1 hour stints with some of my favorite discs, I came to some interesting conclusions. I found the Maggies as powerful and dynamic as the Vandies as well as having a comparable midrange. The major difference was that the Maggies have a narrower sweetspot. Both throw a great soundstage. I ended up taking the 1.6s home and upgraded to 3.6s four years later.

I neglected to say that I found that the Maggie just had a more "live" feel. Music seems more natural than the Vandy. I also felt that the Maggie 1.6 was better suited to my living room.