Like everything it is subjective and I find I need both, depending on the type of music I am listening to. I love my Maggie 1.6's for acoustical and jazz - the soundstage and imaging is great, and the music doesn't require alot of dynamics. If I am listening to blues or classic rock, however, I miss the dynamics and the speakers are just not engaging or musically satisfying, so I go back to connecting the "box" speakers. I'm sure with the right $$$ you could have one speaker with all the desired characteristics, but I am not in that boat, and within my affordability range I can't have it all. So I keep both planar and cone-type speakers around.
