Magico vs the world

@mheinze which Tidal models did you hear and which what electronics?
Also which magicos and what electronics?

Also Mheinze I wonder if you would like vimberg more. Its also ceramic but its tuned to be much more relaxed and not fatiguing. Soundstage ultra has a good review of the Tondas.

My brother and I wandered into the Magico room at the show in LA last summer. We have been at this for a while. My brother used to set up Von Schweikert speakers at shows for Albert in the 90's. His ear is much better than mine. We both have had high quality systems, while not mega dollar, good solid systems. Anyway, we both had never heard Magico and were really interested in hearing them. At the show, the Magicos were presented by a nice reputable dealer from here in SoCal, so we thought this is going to be good!  They were not. We listened for a few minutes and looked at each other and said, 'lets get outta here' Sorry, but these speakers were the most over rated, non-musical, sterile sound, I, personally have ever heard. I figured that most of the folks who were in the room and liked them must not have a good ear. Meaning they would not know a good speaker if it bit them in the rear. I mean not borderline 'not great' but actually, 'really not good'. The cool part of that show was that Albert was there and my bro chatted with him, he had not seen him for 25 years. Plenty of good sound at that show, just not in the Magico room. 

@mikesawtell Which magicos did you hear?
I don't think its a matter of people not having a good ear more just a matter of taste. There are also so many variables... what were the electronics, what was the room like, what were they playing?
People with well trained ears love magico so I don't think its some issue of them appealing only to novice listeners. Actually the s5mk2 and m2 is on stereophile class A 2020 recommendations. And every pro reviewer and those who listen to magico that I've seen gush about them. Feelings like yours are relatively rare from what I've seen. But of course they may not to be your taste and I am not negatively criticizing you at all. This is subjective.

Not sure the model number of the speaker. Very expensive room however. The speakers I believe were around $20K per pair. It was the Magico room last summer, 'The Show' in LA. Rooms that impressed me were the ATC speakers from Europe, the Odyssey room, Joseph Audio room. Many rooms were set up poorly. The Magico room as I recall did not benefit from 2 additional very expensive sub woofers they had set up with it. I even asked why would you need 2 sub woofers with $20K speakers? I think the subs were around $5k for the pair. The sound was not at all musical to me. Maybe I heard a bad recording or the room was not set up properly but was not impressed. To each his own.