Stats do things that no other speaker design on the planet can do. The maggies are nice but don't have that incredible micro inner detail that makes you tingle. I don't think you can get the sound out of a box that you do our of a stat panel - for anywhere near the amount of money. I agree on the Raidho's and I feel that you would need to spend much more than $15k to approach the stat sound out of a pair of cabinets.