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Opportunity to buy Demo Magico M2?

A dealer called me with an offer to sell their demo Magico M2’s at a massive discount. I was recently in their shop and tested the A5’s with my Gryphon Diablo 300, and I found the bass to be lacking with the A5’s. I think this was likely due to the fact that they had less than 250 hours on them.

My room, while not massive, is on the larger side. Vaulted ceilings that rises to 14 feet at the peak, about 26ft front to back, and open on the sides (house is open concept). There is a large and tall island that separates out the listening area.

Considering my room size, and considering my not so great experience with the A5’s, should I bother lugging my amp into the shop to test the M2’s? I have to travel a ways so it’s a bit of a commitment. But the discount they are offering is about $25k off. And they said it would include the M-Pods.  Thoughts?

 

nyev
nyev OP
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@ronboco and others I could use my travel rewards points to fly to Boston to listen to Rockport Avior II with a Diablo 300, at Goodwin’s.  

My issue is whether my 30” max from the front wall to the rear of the speaker would be enough.  My understanding is that the Avior II require far more than 30” from the front wall to the rear of the speakers.

Those if you with the Avior II - is this correct?  Or would 30” do it?  My room is on the larger side for sure with a vaulted higher ceiling and there are no side walls anywhere near my speakers.

 

nyev OP
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@bobbydd you are really making me want to re-test the A5’s at that other dealer. Will do that next weekend, after I test the Wilson Sasha DAW on Saturday (that dealer doesn’t have the Salon 2 on hand so that option is out). Again, I need to travel, it’s a lot of work with my amp!

Hopefully I get a better result with a new room, new placement and with these particular A5’s being fully broken in. I really want to like them but will ultimately see if I can get to a degree of musical engagement. Also less expensive than others on my list so that is appealing.

@bobbydd , what was your breakin experience like? Did you note any lack of bass at first? I will try with the speakers closer to the front wall next time, and play with positioning.

 

 

rsf507
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@nyev just curious if you ever heard/listened to the Acora loudspeakers? Heard them myself at Axpona and now they are on my wish list. 

nyev OP
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For the benefit of this thread I have access to test Magicos, B&W, Sonus Faber, Audiovector, Wilson.  Willing to travel to listen to Rockport + Diablo 300 because so damn many people have been suggesting this combo, assuming 30’ clearance between front wall and rear of the Avior ii is acceptable.  Other than that I don’t really have options to test, so thanks for the other suggestions but it’s not going to be possible.

 

ghdprentice
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Your test set is plenty big. You check all those out, you are really likely to find a compelling set of speakers and extremely unlikely to miss something that would be earth shatteringly better. 
 

if for some reason you are unmoved by all of those… then you will have learned a lot and be ready to look at radically different designs. 
 

That is a great list.

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