Magico Q7 . . . wow

I see we are discusing in diferent worlds. I am speaking about main part of the speaker- speaker drivers(woofers)and there is no posibility more than 6db diferencies in low FR on same size woofers. You are talking about speakers eficienty where sensitivity can vary from arround 80db to 95db (in some cases like horns vs electrostats 75- 113db) because not speaker driver(s) determine speaker sensitivity but speaker designer -enginier. he can reduce (by changing BSC etc. ) or tilt up ( by adding more paraleled drivers, changing drivers interaction etc)

so we are both right. btw In your place,I would take manufacturer specified sensitivity values with salt and grain- unfortunately there very rarely tells truth.

Ebm, my room is rather large about I heard Q3 works wonder
in smallish room, about 4.5x6.. M room as well. My local dealer mentioned one customer who has Q3 in a roughly 4x5m room or something a bit smaller even with no problem at all. Seems that Magico is quite forgiving as far as speaker placement and avoiding boomy bass is concerned and is not very difficult to at least get a decent sound from all sort of placements but certainly if you find the right spot, I have not heard anything better near its price point at least as far as my taste is concerned.

I heard that Q5 was measured closer to 83 dB tahn 86dB somewhere. Not sure about Q3's 90 dB. My amp seems to have a bit easier time driving Usher Be-20 (90dB/1 watt/8ohms)
louder than Q3 90 dB/1 watt/5ohms.

My friend with Q5 was asking if I might be interested in his Q5 as he is considering Q7. Unfortunately I think that in my rather large room (6.8x8.2m with large opening on one wall) my Lamm will not be able to drive Q5 adequately so I have to sadly decline!

So it looks like the Q7 will be perfect in my medium size listening room driven by my 60 watt Jolida tube amp. What a relief...

Elviukai,
sorry, we were posting at same time, my answer was to a different post from somebody who was stating that Magico never claimed a 10dB sensitivity improvement
On drivers sensitivity difference, I never measured any woofer myself, so I should trust you. I am just surprised that if you have a look at the official specs of different woofers from scanspeak, Monacor, B&C, PHL,Beyma, you would find woofers with 87dB as well as 97dB... Of course, they may not be used in same design.

I agree with your statement that sensitivity given by manufacturers should be taken with a grain of salt. Stated sensitivity by Magico has been always 3dB higher than reality (because of a 4Ohm vs 8 Ohm issue?)

Wolf,
Let us know how this match works out.Thanks.