Magico Q7 . . . wow

Audiofreak and Jwm, I know what you are saying, and I've heard Magicos sound analytical and fatiguing and not like music. If you consider that "audiophile", that's fine. However, I've also heard them sound just as Mapman describes. Very "Musical" with a capital M, as in sounds like music that I could listen to all day long. I've also heard SF speakers sound wonderful.

I think it has a lot to do with matching the equipment and the room and proper set up. No speaker is perfect and most sound different depending on how they are set up.

I heard larger Magico also once at a show for comparison in a YG demo. I heard nothing that would warrant describing them as not musical. This was on a different system with SS amp I believe. The sound was much different than the Minis with the good tube gear. Both were very good but different. I suspect in general what is upstream will make a huge difference. Hard to categorize what good speakers sound like accurately without hearing them in multiple different scenarios. Speakers make no sound by themselves.

Whow lighten up boys.MAGICO MINI 2 is still a wonderful speaker more musical than Q1 but thats my take.There are many wonderful speakers out there Yg does not do it for me.

Happened that my speaker right after Strads was the Mini2..
In general, if one prefers to hear more of speakers--Strads (beautiful, musical).
If one wants to hear more of electronics/recordings--Mini2 (honest, transparent).
Guess I eventually grew tired of that cloaking sameness after two plus years living with Strads. The Minis as I recalled, managed to bring more surprises to the table. Imo, both could be just as musically rewarding when dialed-in right--'balancing' is key.