To XenonMan:

The Maggies are a long story. When I first listened to them, I loved the "wall of sound," but they seemed dark and cut off at the top. I was planning to get some Martin Logans when I walked into "Stereo Unlimited" in Walnut Creek, CA, and heard a mod of the 1.6. The owner is a very eccentric guy, but he has a fantastic proprietary "super tweeter" that he wires into almost every speaker he sells.

With this addition, the Maggies become an airy, alive, transformed duo. For music, I wouldn't trade them for anything I've ever heard. I like them better than unmodified Maggy 3.6's. I don't know if you can find a way to get a similar treatment in Miami. The tweeter is mounted on top of the speakers, and it's delicate, so shipping from CA seems out of the question.

I do use the subwoofer with the Maggies for music, because the 1.6's don't go much below 50 Hz. And I would strongly urge you to use tubes for the Maggies - they weren't the same with solid state. My room is about 6500 cubic feet (14'W x 21'L x 23'H), and they can get pretty loud, but they did bad things with my old NAD AVR at high volumes. No problem with the Jolida, though. Now I just need a good turntable to hook in to the Jolida.

For home theater applications, they will give you a huge room of sound. Not as much punch as a box speaker, but I never really notice. The Maggies give you that "being there" quality, which is what I was after.

The clincher for me was when I took my wife to listen to the Martin Logan vs the Maggies. Women are thought to have a better ability to hear the harmonics of music, and in addition she has "perfect pitch." She saw the ML's, and immediately said they were cute. She saw the 1.6's, and said they couldn't go in the living room. But when the music played, she couldn't do without the Maggies. No contest.

I made a little website on shutterfly with pictures of my set-up. I keep my speakers in an unorthodox position - recommended by the Stereo Unlimited people. It creates a beautiful sound stage.
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Now I'll need new pictures with my Oppo (and hopefully 997).