Is there a perfect speaker?

There is no perfect speaker and most certainly the Magico is not - I know a few speakers like Rockport that eat it alive. The thing you have to understand about speakers like the Magico is the model they use with a large amount spent on marketing adds a lot to the price they sell at and generates a lot of hype it doesn't always live up to.

Thanks
Bill

My tongue was firmly in my cheek when I said the Magico was perfect. Sorry if anyone thought I was serious. The problem with threads like this where posters are seeking the 'best' or the 'perfect' component (as many posters have intelligently observed) is that there is no such animal. It all depends upon the listener's subjective taste and there is as much variety in that as there are audio components to judge. Rather than ask what the 'best' or 'perfect' speaker may be, the better question is "what speakers do you like and why?" From the myriad of answers that you will get you should be able to discern if there is a speaker that matches your taste. As a practical example, I have a Prima Luna Prologue One integrated amp. A while back I asked in a thread on another site what speakers people have found that match well with this amp. A large number of posters suggested the Reference 3A mm de Capo speakers. I purchase a pair and have to say that for this amp in my listening room for the music I listen to the de Capos are as perfect as it gets. My two cents.

When one listens to a speaker, one is listening to the complete system, including the room. Every one is different in what their taste of recorded music reproduction is, and should be. Although I like horns, many folks I have designed systems for, do not. It is ok. I dislike those who put down a design of a speaker if it is not to their liking. Horns, to me, represent the closest to live, unamplified music, that I have heard, and that is my reference, and, preference. I like imaging and spatial representation as much as anyone, but if music sounds compressed, as many speakers do, imo, nothing else matters. It is just what you want out of a system. And my horns completely dissapear when I listen...just the music, as the engineer intended.........MrD

The question is a philosophical one, so I have a philosophocal answer: The perfect speaker is the one God listens to when God isn't listening to trees falling in the forest when no one is around. (h/t Bishop Berkeley)

Go to the back room in Goodwin's in Waltham, MA and you will hear the most perfect of today. They have lots of speakers and amplification in all ranges. From there you can decide if a second mortgage is the route you want to go or make some sacrifices. They can set up hundreds of different combinations.