Magico Q7 . . . wow

Usermanual,
Judging a speaker simply based on construction,driver array etc.. means very little . Ultimately what matters is how it sounds and reproduces music. We all know this is subjective, I`ve found the Evolution speakers to out perform the Magico by a wide margin in terms of realism and natural tone, you obviously feel otherwise,it`s no big deal. Both seem to be doing just fine in the marketplace.
Regards,

hifimaniac,
strange, I have also a pair of evolution acoustics MM3... but I love Magico speakers. Nearly bought a pair before buying my MM3. I heard the Q7 at CES. I will buy a pair (waiting for my dedicated room to be built), and keep the MM3 for a different house. Both are great speaker, and it is true that MM2/MM3 is an excellent value for money.

How boring. One more "Best in Show":
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When I've heard Magico speakers, they have been running off very high end 6 digit systems.

They sounded very good as they of course should at their price, especially with lighter classical and jazz music.

I'm not convinced they are that special though nor represent a great value though and that there are not more cost effective ways to get similarly good sound for much less, especially for more rock/pop types of music that present different challenges for good sound.

The build quality is top notch however. No doubts about that.

Magico bass is going to be one of those love it or hate it for most people I suppose. Generally with 200-300 watts amp, at least with Q3,Q5, you will get extremely clean and detail bass but you definitely not get the quantity of bass that ported speakers like Usher Be-20, Wilson, Rockport will put out. So it will not rock like those speakers mentioned above.
However, listening to piano music which can extend down to about 30Hz in fundamentals, or double bass or cellos, I found Magico to be most natural. It is not perfect but it came the closest to live piano sound that I hear almost on daily basis when I practice on my grand piano just about every day. Big Maggie and ML CLX comes close except that they lack a bit of weight and growl that a good size grand piano possesses.
However, if you throw enough good wattage at it like a friend of mine who uses Karan new 2000w monoblocks, Q5 can definitely rock and boogie with the best speakers out there
while not overly exaggerates the bass like some other speakers.