Magico compared to Tannoy

I believe both are good but designed for different audiences, IMO the Magicos are equivalent to F-1 race cars whilst the upper end Tannoys are for the Bentley and Rolls aficionados. Different strokes for different folks. Both are good for their respective customers. As always, YMMV.

Gammaman, finally got you to say something! Welcome.

The size if the image has nothing to do with the height of the speaker. That is a visual trick. Close your eyes and the image is no bigger than the Watt/Puppy's not that the S7's are not better but the bulk of the sound is coming from the tweeter and midrange driver just like the Watt/Puppies. They should be at ear level by the way. They are still point source speakers. If you put both sets of speakers in exactly the same position and height the image will be exactly the same size. This is not to say that the image of the S7 is not superior. I suspect it is. To get a front row image you need a Line Source, just like the Dead used at their later concerts after the Wall of Sound became to much of a PITA to move around. From what I read (being a John Curl fan) McIntosh amps were blowing up left and right. (That was a dig folks, he uses Mac amps but he is eyeballing JC 1+'s so there may be help for him yet.)

Anyway, can't wait to hear them. We will set up my Dayton Omni Mic and see how they do. I do not recall. Does your preamp have EQ capabilities?

That is easy, if you read German:

"...so close to perfection like no passive speaker in stereoplay before."

https://www.magico.net/images/Reviews/A5/Magico%20A5%20stereoplay%202021-06.pdf

"...so close to perfection like no passive speaker in stereoplay before."

well we can all sell off the garbage we have and get these, and be done! 😂😂😂

seriously, it is all about system building, what one listens to, etc etc... both have strengths and weaknesses, like all top end hifi gear... you build to accentuate the former and manage the latter within the boundaries of personal taste and preference

@mijostyn, the Dead used 48 McIntosh MC-2300 amps in their Wall of Sound, and AFAIK they never blew one. They would, however, routinely blow drivers, invariably the sound crew would replace a woofer or 2 during intermission in the Wall of Sound era, usually due to Phil's lightning bolts. As far as imaging goes, no one has ever explained how a planar speaker the size of a wall is supposed to faithfully reproduce the sound of a cymbal which emanates from basically a point source. The reason line array drivers came into being was to be able to fill the entire large arena with sound. The Dead always sounded their best in a smaller venue like a 2-4,000 seat theater. Even then, the sound was incomparable if you sat close enough to hear the musicians own amps and the drums unamplified. Even after the Wall of Sound, Jerry and Phil continued to use MC-2300s as their own personal amps.