Thanks Peterayer! It seems Spectral and Magico make for a musical system. Everytime I hear Spectral, I marvel at its ability to sound realistic and alive. Everytime I hear Magico, I get the same feeling, but with an added sense of richness, so it makes sense that they'd go well together.
I've auditioned the V2, and compared it directly to the V3, at a dealer's shop recently. The supporting electronics consisted of a VAC Phi300 amp, a VAC Renaissance Sig. II preamp, and Metronome Kalista CD tranport/dac/power supplies. Top shelf electronics indeed.
The V2 gets close to the V3, and I'd say it's a great buy, but the V3 does do just about everything a little better. There's more extension up top and down low, details are easier to discern, and music has more "weight" and body. That being said, the V2 is dynamic, textured and very clean. I was expecting mini-monitor type sound with good bass, but what I heard was a full range floorstander that sounds "big enough" when needed, and only smaller when compared to much bigger and more expensive speakers. Good sound all around!
