Magico compared to Tannoy

@mheinze wins the prize for funniest snark.   Well done.  

@mglik Indeed, I am a Cantor.  I started my career in classical singing like you. Best of luck in your endeavors.   

gammaman, not to mention the JC 1+ is a better sounding amp than the Boulder. Boulder wastes a lot of money in fancy CNCed chassis and building them in America. The parts used in the JC 1+ are just as good if not better. It has a basic chassis and face plate that Parasound uses in several units saving money. Parasound is a brilliant company expert at making fantastic products at a reasonable price. The JC 3 phono stage is another prime example. You will not believe the difference when you fire up the JC 1s for the first time. 

ebm
You are so right. Not nice at all. The owners have so much invested, they don't want to hear it. Same for both speakers. Perhaps I should retract that and proclaim my undying love for both. 

I’m probably one of the few who have moved from tannoy to magico so I thought I should respond to this.  I had the Kensington’s (SE) with primaluna dialogue premium preamp and HP amp.  I went to Magico A3.  The tube amps were not a good match for the A3, so thinking it was a power issue I got another PL amp to use as mono blocks at 150 w/ch with KT120s.  It was a bit sluggish still, did not sound right, so I moved to Luxman 509x, which was a great match, much more detail, clarity, and speed.  Anyway, my comparison will be the Tannoy with the tubes vs the Magico with the Luxman.  Overall, the Tannoy had the better midrange, very nice.  The Magico had a more even frequency response however from top to bottom.  Highs were much more revealing while not being harsh in any way, and bass was significantly better, going lower with better pitch definition and impact.  For my tastes I enjoyed the Magico more, which is why I switched of course, but I still hold the Tannoy in high regard.  The midrange is just excellent.  I wish I could have heard the Tannoy with the Luxman, I think it would have been an even closer race.  I did at one time have the Turnberrys with the Luxman 550ax, and this was a fantastic combination.  Ultimately these are different speakers and a lot comes down to what music you listen to and tastes, for example whether you want to hear a Beautiful voice with accompanying instruments (Tannoy) or the same music with more Soundstage precision and background details in the recording venue, tighter bass, but not quite as beautiful (Magico).  And I’m not even saying which one is more ‘correct’.  That is, by beautiful don’t think I mean ‘colored’.  This is more about overall presentation. Also, I think the Tannoy are probably a lot easier to match with electronics and will sound good with a lot of things whereas the Magico needs a lot of current and may be fussier with “lesser” amplifiers in quality.  The Magico are more precise and coherent whereas tannoy is very pleasant to listen to and in many ways does things that many other loudspeakers can’t do.  As always best if they can be auditioned.