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Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE

Hello, I need some opinion about these 2 speakers. I plan to acquire one of them.
Anyone who owned or tried these speakers please share your experience.

I won't be looking for any other brand.

I will use VAC sigma 160i to drive the westminster
Vs
Hegel H30 Stereo to drive the Magico S5.

Thank you.

Regards,
aprica
gregm
3,414 posts
 
Any Final thought? will be purchasing this week.
The very short answer is, Tannoy.
From a sound quality, (resales) value, design, point of view Tannoy is the no brainer choice.

With all due respect to the Magico. Regards, G
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Kiddman and Gregm,
Well said! These two speakers epitomize those very different philosophical designs and the resulting sound you'll hear.
Regards,
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podeschi
303 posts
 
Listening to my S5s driven by Constellation Centaur stereo amp, I am in heaven.
devilboy
1,176 posts
 
Agree with Charles1dad.
melbguy1
1,438 posts
 
04-15-13: Aprica88
Any Final thought? will be purchasing this week.
I thought I would interupt the Tannoy love-in and suggest another option you may not have considered; the new Avalon Compas which retails at the same price. Avalon have always sounded natural, coherent & had great imaging and sound staging, however the Compas embodies Avalon's latest thinking, including driver technology directly filtered down from their flagship $300k Tesseract, new crossover technology and a more sophisticated cabinet design. The Compas is very dynamic, transparent and rythmic. It also has faster and better bass than the Eidolon Diamond. A polite speaker this is not! In fact it is a very well balanced speaker & worthy of consideration.
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