I've owned Maggies (1.2s and auditioned the 1.6s, 3.5s), listened quite a bit to a friend's Apogee Divas (phenominal speakers). Maggie can be very seductive. Although I love some things about planars - coherency, speed, musicality, imaging - getting them to work in my room was difficult. Planars need plenty of space, and most of them also have a very narrow sweet spot. I've admired, but never fallen i love with stats. (Did fall in love with Quad midrange, however.) One speaker that you might check out is Newform Research. They use a ribbon driver with a dynamic woofer. Gotten lots of praise from hard to please people and they are very affordable. Available direct from manufacturer with 30 day money back guarantee.
