Comparing the Maggies to Spendors is really an apples-oranges thing. Kind of like comparing a sports car to a luxury car; they are just two different animals.
The one word I'd use for Maggies is "space." They have lots of it, with a very open sound. I also found them an interesting speaker no matter where I was positioned in a room. Even standing in between or behind the speakers gave an enjoyable listening experience (though obviously the best sound was in the sweet spot.) However, you needed a good size room with a layout that allowed you to have the speakers away from the wall. Maggies suffer badly if they are too close to a rear or side wall.
The Spendors are much more tightly focused. It is not that they sound bad when you are out of position, it is just that if you never sat in-position, you'd be scratching your head, wondering what the fuss was about. However, when in-position, wow! A good comparison would be a soft focus photo (the Maggies) versus a razor sharp photo with good depth (Spendors.) The two speakers are both wonderful, but just in different ways. Certainly an imperfect analogy, but the Maggies are more of the sumptuous luxury car experience and the Spendors a tighter sports car experience where you really feel the road. For the constraints of my new listening room, the Spendors are perfect.
As for the other models, the larger classic Spendors would have been too big. Bigger footprint plus a need for stands. However, I have heard them. Sonically they might even be a bit more neutral than the S series but didn't meet the size constraints. Conversely, the smaller S3/5 or 3/1 models still needed a stand and wouldn't have the bass the S5e is capable of.
The one word I'd use for Maggies is "space." They have lots of it, with a very open sound. I also found them an interesting speaker no matter where I was positioned in a room. Even standing in between or behind the speakers gave an enjoyable listening experience (though obviously the best sound was in the sweet spot.) However, you needed a good size room with a layout that allowed you to have the speakers away from the wall. Maggies suffer badly if they are too close to a rear or side wall.
The Spendors are much more tightly focused. It is not that they sound bad when you are out of position, it is just that if you never sat in-position, you'd be scratching your head, wondering what the fuss was about. However, when in-position, wow! A good comparison would be a soft focus photo (the Maggies) versus a razor sharp photo with good depth (Spendors.) The two speakers are both wonderful, but just in different ways. Certainly an imperfect analogy, but the Maggies are more of the sumptuous luxury car experience and the Spendors a tighter sports car experience where you really feel the road. For the constraints of my new listening room, the Spendors are perfect.
As for the other models, the larger classic Spendors would have been too big. Bigger footprint plus a need for stands. However, I have heard them. Sonically they might even be a bit more neutral than the S series but didn't meet the size constraints. Conversely, the smaller S3/5 or 3/1 models still needed a stand and wouldn't have the bass the S5e is capable of.