Magico - Wide vs. Narrow

Dear @erik_squires  :  " to hear both and if they have a preference, or impression especially in regards to being able to hear the recording space and imaging. "

Your " curiosity " have several problems/obstacles for even Magico owners due that:

- each owner has his personal targets /preferences

- space and imagin mainly depends of each room/system and how well the speaker overall response is integrated to that room : this is the room acoustic  treatment.

- Magico M5 design was way different to its today M7 ( more or less similar 4-way and 5 drivers as the M5. ) starting with its new technically optimized drivers as its new crossover design and crossover parts.

I think , but I can be wrong,  that we can't mix " apples " with " bananas " or " oranges ".

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

Well I just looked at the M Series on their site and these are certainly not traditional wide baffle speakers. To my eyes it looks like a superb cabinet design that is not wife baffle.

@audition__audio  She may never understand.

design that is not wife baffle

When I was thinking of Magico as a wide-baffle, I was thinking of the M5 with the ring radiator. It has a baffle that is proud of the cabinet. For me this is still a wide-baffle speaker.

I’m also not trying to pick on Magico per se, just looking more for a company that has done both.

Sonus Faber may be a better brand to ask about since they have the Stradivari  but not sure how many have heard the Strad and the narrow models to compare. The larger Focal Utopia line may also in a sense be like this, the mids and tweeters were much narrower than the baffle width. In start contrast to say Wilson or Vandersteen who minimize the baffle width per driver.

Again, not looking to argue about overall value of any brand, just want to know if others have noticed distint differences we could attribute to baffle width.

@erik_squires   : "  just want to know if others have noticed distint differences we could attribute to baffle width "

No one could do that with different kind of speakers. The only way is two similar speakers ( same everything. ) with difference only if wide or narrow.

Sense to you?

R.