All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?!

DOH!!! My apologies, my apologies, mea culpa.

I meant I heard the S5.  I am chagrined.

Best,
E

I have deleted my first post so I don't further misinform the buying public.

My bad.
Erik

How many folk have bought a high and speaker for some serious coin and then realized that it takes a monster power amp to even get them to sound! If the A5's are a brutal load and need a ton of amp power upstream, how many folk will still consider them?

@daveyf 

Did you hear the A5?

Hi @daveyf,
I know nothing about Magico’s impedance curve, but generally I think the answer to that question is most audiophiles get turned on by hard to drive speakers for two reasons:

1 - The myth that a speaker that can make the the difference between two amps current capabilities apparent also means the speaker is more resolving of music. It isn’t.



2 - Bragging rights.



To be fair, it really is hard to get enough bass and sensitivity out of your average 2.5 way speaker without a low impedance point, so I can understand how some speaker designs just naturally push this requirement, but I also see some manufacturers who go this route and then discover it’s a selling point.

Best,
E