Magico A5 Review

Not quite, you are working it backwards. The Magico is a US brand, hence exporting to the EU automatically increases price by about 20% for VAT, then there is the dollar vs Euro conversion. I believe the US price is around $24k - $25k.
 
Bobvin said:
Not quite, you are working it backwards. The Magico is a US brand, hence exporting to the EU automatically increases price by about 20% for VAT, then there is the dollar vs Euro conversion. I believe the US price is around $24k - $25k.
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Anyway you dice it the mark-up between US and German list price is 50%. in spite of that, the reviewer found them to be a great speaker.
 
puroagave said:
Anyway you dice it the mark-up between US and German list price is 50%...
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The German list price includes 20% EU VAT, right? The US MSRP does not include State sales tax, right?

And you have to air freight the speakers to International markets, and there is a necessary International distributor function cost that can't be priced for free. All that considered, sounds pretty close to the level playing field parity pricing to me.
 
brodricj said:
The German list price includes 20% EU VAT, right? The US MSRP does not include State sales tax, right?

And you have to air freight the speakers to International markets, and there is a necessary International distributor function cost that can't be priced for free. All that considered, sounds pretty close to the level playing field parity pricing to me.
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in the US we have local sales tax depending on the State/city you reside in, for me its 8.75% but its higher when I Import directly from the EU which I've done numerous times. That said, the spread is still 50% when you incl. VAT the Germans pay which is back at 19%.
 
@Mike
Post above yours has the same link...

BTW, not so interesting review.
Jeff spent 90% of only interesting part of the review (= sound) talking about bass (and mostly with electronic music)... :rolleyes:


p.s. I like Infected Mushroom :)
 
I enjoyed the review. I like the system he had. MSB Discrete is fantastic with the A5’s.

I also agree with Jeff on Diamond tweeters. Ooooh la la.


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Has Magico ever done a Mk3 version of a speaker? I don't think so....reading between the lines the translation might be, there is a S7Mk2 in the pipeline with trickle down driver tech from the A5.
 
brodricj said:
Has Magico ever done a Mk3 version of a speaker? I don't think so....reading between the lines the translation might be, there is a S7Mk2 in the pipeline with trickle down driver tech from the A5.
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Good theory.

Perhaps, the alumium honeycomb drivers will be exclusive to the flagships of each respective line? For example, M9, S7mk2? and A5.
 
By the in-room measurements shown in July edition of Stereophile, there is a pretty significant roll-off of high frequencies:
8 kHz = -5 dB
10 kHz = -7 dB
15 kHz = -10 dB
20 kHz = -14 dB

I'm curious how this affects the "air" and sense of ambience - for those who have heard them?

Also, even in pretty large room (32' x 24' x 9' 9") the bass seems to be too prominent - of course, it should not be flat and should gradually rise toward the lowest frequencies, but +10 dB at 100 Hz (+6 dB at 150 Hz) seems too much - and that is also addressed in review. What is the optimal room size for them?

And again - most of the sound description in review is related to bass :rolleyes:

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"Also, even in pretty large room (32' x 24' x 9' 9") the bass seems to be too prominent - of course, it should not be flat and should gradually rise toward the lowest frequencies, but +10 dB at 100 Hz (+6 dB at 150 Hz) seems too much - and that is also addressed in review. What is the optimal room size for them?"

With the large boost in bass that comes from this room, is it possible to generate an accurate review of any hi-fi equipment?
 
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