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

You guys crack me up.  Probably most of you with comments never owned the speakers and maybe only heard them at a dealer or at a show if that.  The cost to make a product is not cheap.  Could Magico charge less - could they use a cheaper design maybe - I don't know how they arrived at what they do but nothing is cheap.  Dealers eat up about 40% of the price.  So if your cost is 20% they are making more than you do  It takes time to try and make the best product at each price point and then stay relevant for a period of time.  You guys act like there is no competition or that we all hear things the same.  I went to a demonstration of recordings where the record materials were different.  The majority of people selected the same recording that I felt sounded better.  BUT there were one or two guys who did not agree.  I understood their reasoning but the majority felt the other recoding was much better.  Even the person doing the demonstration explained why it was better in technical terms.  So to each his own.

I actually was at a persons home this past Thursday to hear the Magico M6 speakers.  He has a mega buck system.  I personally would not have chosen his matching components.  He uses all SS and I prefer tubes. So what I heard with the Magico speakers, my Vandersteen model 5As cannot reproduce no matter what components I would select. They just cannot do the same thing.  That being said, because of the system, I did not find the Magicos as engaging.  That is my opinion.  I wish that I could have brought my stuff over and hooked them up so I could evaluate the Magicos in the system system.  To me it was not the speakers as much as what sound that I prefer and I am familiar with to what sound I has hearing.  Cost difference between the speakers is very big but I can wait until he moves on to something else and gives me a deal on the speakers!

Happy Listening.


  

glupson I dare you to prove to me right now that the Magico has better measurements than a cheap speaker. I dont care how much effort went into making the Magicos. It all comes down to whether the Magico is superior or not.
Mr Magico. If you are reading this post, I hereby challenge you!
Even superior measurements are worthless if they are inaudible! I dare you to show me the proof!!

Magicos perform far better in measurements than speakers like the KEF Q series. All one need do is look up the graphs. 
It’s quite obvious you haven’t heard any Magicos if you’re comparing them to $1500 towers. The difference in performance is night and day — not unlike comparing a Volkswagen to a Porsche. Speakers are no different from most consumer goods — you generally pay for what you get, and there is always a point where diminishing returns begin to conflict with practicality, largely dependent on individual means. As with any product type, there are certainly some that represent better values than others, of course, but that largely depends on one’s means and priorities. 

These absurd contentions arise when someone like you can’t accept that their Volkswagen GTI doesn’t perform as well as the Porsche 911. The same type of people who stick an AMG badge on a standard E-Class, or an M-badge on a 325i.

personally, I demo the best speakers I can find. I want to know what I’m missing. Fact is when it comes to hi end speakers they will often sound worse than my ‘affordable’ pair once connected to my middle of the road components. My salon 2’s that I got for under half price as show demos never sounded right in my system. I expect I would get the same results from the A5 if I was to buy them.

once connected to my middle of the road components

Don't under credit synergy. If speakers are well above the capabilities of electronics, it's possible that you're hearing the limitations and deficiencies of the electronics in this type of scenario. Unfortunately for average budgets, you don't just need to be able to afford the speakers, but also the associated gear that will help to bring the most out of them. 

Speaking of even handed, let me tell you stories about the Magico fanboys and how they react to even the mildest criticism of their brand...