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November 11, 2020, 06:27 PM #1Senior Member
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Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
I just received the latest issue of Stereophile, and the Magico M2 is named their loudspeaker of the year for 2020. There's a note that the M2 won by several votes, in particular calling out the incredible imaging that was mentioned in their review from earlier this year.
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November 11, 2020, 07:17 PM #2Audioshark
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Awesome! Congrats to the folks at Magico. I can’t say I’m surprised, the M2’s imaging is unmatched.
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November 11, 2020, 07:21 PM #3Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
There you go again. Trying to convince me I should upgrade my M3's to M2's !
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November 11, 2020, 07:31 PM #4Audioshark
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
I think have the M2 Vs M3 discussion more than any with customers. M3 rocks, has more bass weight, don’t sweat it. Originally Posted by brodricj
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November 12, 2020, 11:08 AM #5Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Magico M2 + M Pod 3-PT Stand in Europe €85.860,00 = $ 101306,21
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November 12, 2020, 12:43 PM #6Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Congrats to the Magico team. The M2 and M6 are my favorite Magico speakers.
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November 12, 2020, 02:53 PM #7Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Alon himself would be the first to tell you the M3 is still a better speaker than the M2. Originally Posted by brodricj
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Makes sense to me. Also the Speaker of the Year is only chosen from the speakers they auditioned in the past year. So the M3 would not have been in the running. Originally Posted by Mike
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November 12, 2020, 03:32 PM #9Audioshark
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
thats my only problem with magico.....they cost so much in europe. the m3 is 100k euro without feets. Originally Posted by Mordante
never ever saw a 2nd hand m2 or m3 here.
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November 12, 2020, 04:35 PM #11Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Who’s Alon? ;-) Originally Posted by NekoAudio
No worries. I did not say I don’t like the M3s._______________
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November 12, 2020, 04:42 PM #12Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
interesting too that it was a close contest between the 63500dollar m2 vs the 38000dollar wilson sasha daw.
i do know that the 56k alexia2 beats the sasha daw very clearly. would probably have been the more interesting comparison.
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Including 20% VAT + custom taxes + shipping by air from the USA. Originally Posted by Mordante
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
I knew I read it somewhere, and I found it again in the Editors' Choice section now that Stereophile has posted the results on their website (bold added by me for emphasis):
In for a follow-up review, the M2s have been my regular listening companion for months. (I've been in no hurry to get rid of them.) I think they're the first pair of loudspeakers I've had here with no identifiable defect. They do that special trick of reproducing all the highs, fully, but never in a way that draws attention—all the air with none of the fatigue.
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
There have been several M3 pairs available over the years around 50k EUR mark. Originally Posted by u-sound
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January 21, 2021, 10:23 PM #16Senior Member
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
The M3 is a great speaker especially considering it's a moderately sized 3 - way. The coherence, dynamics, level of detail and accuracy at high SPLs is quite an achievement that few speakers can do IME.
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
M2 is the most beautiful Magico model.
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Re: Magico M2 - Stereophile Loudspeaker of the Year 2020
Not just Magico, M2 has few peers in looks department. Originally Posted by Q3Di
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