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Monitor Audio Platinum or Magico A3

I am looking to upgrade my Triangle Cellos.  My shortlist was  Magico A3, Triton Reference, Monitor PL300 II, I Magico S3 II, Dynaudio Contour 60,  Spendor D9, Canton K3, Focal Sopra.  (I have not auditioned the MA Platinum or the Dynaudio).

My shortlist now is: Monitor Audio Platinum II and Magico A3.  The Monitor Audio was a Stereophile Product of the year in 2017.  I listen to most music types  except Jazz and Country & Western.  

I would be interested to hear experiences about any of the speakers.  I have, as mentioned, auditioned but have not heard them in my own home.   TIA


andrei_nz
dhafuuje
1 posts
 
First thing first, you lost your argument When you judge how speaker sound to how it looks like or material that has been made of.

first of all there is no such thing as plastic sound, we are not talking about hardened pasta or spaghetti,
2nd the build quality of Monitor audio platinum is second to none, they’re built exactly the way B&W 800 series built, I own platinum II 300 and B&W 800 I love them both, the platinum sound stage is incredible even their silver series sound stage is untouchable let a lone -the platinum, as for magico they built speaker that looks like art furniture thrown into so many aluminum inside cage, still all that doesn’t make it sound any better the bronze series of Monitor audio which cost 99% less what is magico selling for their cheapest speakers

ebm
9,311 posts
 
Listen to MAGICO owners only who have lived with the speakers as the others are guessing or just trying to bad rap #1.Good luck!
havocman
350 posts
 
mheinze, yes let's look at the build quality the magico is an ugly metal box, the platinum is 11 layers of hand polished lacquer and each enclosure takes 144 hours to make, so I guess you must be blind if you think that ugly metal box looks better then the platinum with Strathsprey leather on the front which is the best leather in the world used by Rolls-Royce and other extremely high-end automobile manufacturers and their driver technology if you've even bother to read the white paper is way ahead of magico. And that beryllium tweeter is bright as hell. But to each his own if that's what you like so be it. The MPD tweeter is the best tweeter in the world right now it goes to 100,000 clean no other tweeter on the market can even come close.
mheinze
105 posts
 
Havocman, are you a reincarnation of urbie? For better camouflage try changing the style as well, not just the user name.
Anyway, sorry but I am not impressed by shiny objects, besides, if I wanted a nice piece of furniture, I would buy a “Made in Italy” product, you know "to each his own", right?
If you don’t understand the difference between build quality and shiny one (or midfi, albeit shiny, vs. high-end), I can’t help you.
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