The real problem with Magico's is that they are designed, built, and priced to appeal to those that buy with their eyeballs and not their ears. I call this the "Bowers and Wilkins approach" and look where B&W is these days. Until a heretofore undiscovered technological breakthrough occurs, all loudspeaker manufacturers relying upon conventional pistonic drivers have to rely upon limited design parameters. Some resort to the tried and true marketing gimmick of futuristic externals. Magico is like the Rolex Oyster Perpetual of loudspeakers; all that marvelous aluminum and bolts construction-"oh my, it is rock solid it must be better". For better or worse, a broad segment of audio consumers think something new about the design might just be the path to the Holy Grail that all others have missed. The case sure looks nice and there is plenty of current ownership cache' but that doesn't make the product any better from an objective standpoint. I have listened to them at length at shows. They are fine loudspeakers. Fine but not all that impressive. At the other end of the design spectrum, AN-E's blew them away for their delicacy, touch, tone, texture, and pure pleasure to this listener.
Of course the AN-E's that I heard were being driven by top-notch electronics that provided synergy. When I read the post above from some well-meaning person who mated PrimaLuna and Benchmark amps with Magico's I had to cringe. That old rotten chestnut about putting one's money in loudspeakers before source and electronics.....
Of course the AN-E's that I heard were being driven by top-notch electronics that provided synergy. When I read the post above from some well-meaning person who mated PrimaLuna and Benchmark amps with Magico's I had to cringe. That old rotten chestnut about putting one's money in loudspeakers before source and electronics.....