sonus faber electa amator iii or magico A1 or any other suggestion

Hey,

I heard the Magico A1 several times, I did not hear the Sonus Faber speakers.

You will need to buy grills for the A1 and a healthy amplifier, that can withstand at least 100 watts per channel at 4 ohms, ֱas the speakers are very low efficiency (82 db).

The bass of the A1 is excellent, as is the treble which lacks a bit of openness. The speakers have a hollow in the upper mid-lower treble area (2-4 thousand Hz), which makes the sound a bit backward. The sound is smoothly extended, a very good speakers that require thought and money investment.

@henry201  Sorry that you were offended by my opinion of the Beryllium tweeter.  At least you did finally disclose that you own the Magico A5...and so your posts now are more understandable. Oh, and you speak of being juvenile....LOL.

@daveyf  No worries, I am not offended by fiction, as you can read from others who actually heard the A1, your ‘opinion’ is in the minority...

@henry201 Like I stated before, if you cannot hear the high frequency issues with a beryllium dome, you are one of the lucky ones. There are a lot of folk who cannot, which is why they are still being utilized in a lot of designs. However, the rest of us tend to shy away from designs that utilize these. Having said that, there are designers who have managed to minimize the impact of the 'beryllium bite' in their speakers, they have minimized the issue, unfortunately they have not eradicated it. Magico and Rockport are two designs that have managed to IME minimize it, more so in the last few years...BUT this is still to my ears one major off-putting aspect, which is why I would choose a new YG with their silk billet dome over either of the other makes any day. YMMV.

@daveyf It's all good, but just to be clear, I can't hear it, because it is not there (talking about the A series). If you can hear things that are not there, I suggest a new thread. The topic, I am sure, will be popular 😉