Magico vs the world

I've had the opportunity to hear several different models of Magico speakers on several occasions, and I was very impressed on each occasion, just as I was on the occasions I got to hear offerings from many other high end brands as well.  There's a plethora of speaker manufacturers out there who make extremely fine sounding speakers and Magico is just one of them.  Obviously, Magico isn't for everyone, but, a fine speaker indeed.  Personally, I'll stick with my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers.     

You get what you pay for and Magico gives you your money's worth. They are easily one of the best dynamic speakers made today if not the absolute best. My only problem with them is that I prefer line source ESLs. Putting Tektons in the same category is an insult of extreme proportion. That is like putting a Yugo in the same category as Ferrari. The only reason Magico's are not for everybody is everybody can not afford them.  

There's a lot to like about Magico's.  Dynamic range, wide dispersion, low distortion.  Tonally there's a couple of things they do that irritate me.

Sometimes they are just too cool sounding.  They also, to my ears, emphasize certain tones and make themselves sound chesty.  Bottom of a woman's voice, and piano.  Just sounds like a little too much there.

That wide dispersion can also be a real PITA in anything but a wide room.

I got to listen to the S1 before it was released.  Yes, it's small but it has the feeding habits of a much larger speaker.  Needs a lot of room and a lot of power to sound it's best. 

An actual testimony to Magico's greatness is their scarcity in the used marke. 

For what it’s worth, and for the money (at the introductory preorder price, pre/price increase, when they were first released) I don’t think another box speaker can beat my Magico A3s. I like a neutral detailed and uncolored presentation. But because I like to experiment with different things I might get in 2923, a pair of Magnepan LRS+ or a pair of Ohm speakers. Just to occasionally have something different.