FWIW,
I found with Maggies that initially they were bright (they even come with resistors to damp the HF. I did not like the effect of the resistors. What I found was that I was hearing noise and distortion from AC, cables, and gear. My Maggies are still very revealing but the Maggie glare is gone. One easy trick is to remove all SMPS's from the AC line your gear is on and seperate the analog and digital lines; dedicated lines if possible. It cost me less than $500 to add 3 dedicated lines from my panel. A good power conditioner like the Denali or Nigara is also a good start.