I haven't had Maggies in my system, but I have heard the 3.6s in two other systems and the 20.1s in yet another system. I think the Maggies have similar tranparency to the source as MLs, but not quite as resolving and, correspondingly, more forgiving. As I told a musician friend of mine who records his own music (not an audiophile, but respects our, ahem, 'enthusiasm'), "If you don't want me to hear it, make sure it doesn't get recorded."