Magico A5’s Arrive!!!!

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Darrel said:
I’m very interested in hearing your impressions Mike.
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Darrell - I’ll go in tomorrow and listen longer, but first impressions: if Magico made an S4, this would be it. It has such weight and bass weight. Mids and highs are fabulous. Gotta say, for a $20k ish speaker, this will set a whole new benchmark in performance. Maybe a little too good.


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Mike said:
Darrell - I’ll go in tomorrow and listen longer, but first impressions: if Magico made an S4, this would be it. It has such weight and bass weight. Mids and highs are fabulous. Gotta say, for a $20k ish speaker, this will set a whole new benchmark in performance. Maybe a little too good.



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Thanks Mike. Bring your video camera so you can share! :rolleyes:
 
Sounds like these are better than the S5 MK II. Too bad you can’t get them in different colors like the S series.
 
I could live with the A-chassis look, but the cf on my M3's is a look that can't be beaten. The A5 price is very reasonable for the level of performance it brings to the party.
 
BlueFox said:
Sounds like these are better than the S5 MK II. Too bad you can’t get them in different colors like the S series.
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Bud, not better than S5 Mk2. I would say the S series still has some nice advantages with cabinet shape/construction, color options, etc.

However, these new A5’s would eclipse the Q3/5 for me. They have that S/M DNA and performance.

That being said, they are still not close to any of the M speakers (and that’s a good thing - phew!)

Frankly, unless your room was really small, I couldn’t see anyone picking an S1 over an A5. S3 because a tougher choice: cabinet on S3 is better, color options, etc.

But this A5 is scary good. At ~$20K, very hard to beat IMO.

I’m breaking them in with the Boulder 2160/1110 combo and the MSB Discrete DAC.
 
Nice to see Magico addressing the more 'affordable' end of the spectrum with superb offerings ….. :congrats:
 
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