Rick - They need a solid 100 WPC amp. It's hard to describe them against anything Axiom. Price wise, at $650, they are close to the $598 M3's.
The M3's won't do the magic with classical music that the Maggies will, but the M3's will play much louder and cleaner with rock music.
The M3's are wider in sound stage, but the Maggies are deeper.
If someone wanted to spend $1200 on a pair of speakers, going with a pair of each would not be a bad way to go, if one had the room for 2 systems. This would be in lieu of a pair of $1200 speakers in one system.
