Stereotaipei:
I appreciate your posts and your system very much - great sounding gear, very well balanced comments.
To support you in your quest for an edge-of-the-art speaker as a (nice) alternative to Magico I highly recommend Lumen White Artisan and Aquilla speakers.
I myself use LW Artisan in an all AYON Audio System (CD-5s + Crossfire PA wired with JPS Labs and Stereovox cables) and the Aquillas in my main system (Ayre MR-X, Silbatone L-100, Esoteric K-01, wired with either Kondo or Crystal Cable).
Prior to the Artisans I used Magico Q3 and the Artisans easily outperformed them in almost every parameter. The Aquillas are even better (replacing a pair of Rockport speakers). So probably worth looking at them - although they love tube amplification.
