Magico A5’s Arrive!!!!

Pearce Harrison said:
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The ruse has been over since I called you out on April 12, 2020 on AS on the Jeff Rowland Daemon thread: Jeff Rowland Daemon – Reviewing JRDG’s Superintegrated Statement Amplifier

For those that are counting, this is the second time you have "sneaked" back onto AS after being banned as DaveyF. The one thing that has been consistent is that you can't stop pretending to be your own friend. You leave more bread crumb clues than Hansel and Gretel. What I told you on April 12, 2020 still holds true today.
 
mep said:
The ruse has been over since I called you out on April 12, 2020 on AS on the Jeff Rowland Daemon thread: Jeff Rowland Daemon – Reviewing JRDG’s Superintegrated Statement Amplifier

For those that are counting, this is the second time you have "sneaked" back onto AS after being banned as DaveyF. The one thing that has been consistent is that you can't stop pretending to be your own friend. You leave more bread crumb clues than Hansel and Gretel. What I told you on April 12, 2020 still holds true today.
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Believe whatever you want. Better yet put me on ignore, like I am doing for you.
 
Mike said:
No Davey, just one without balls.

No issues with VAC 200iQ monos or ARC REF 160’s here.


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I am going to guess, Mike, the A5s with the 160M are a great pairing. I feel my 160s have, if I were pressed, a slight bottom tilt to their overall presentation. A sealed cabinet Magico with its terrific base tonality and clarity would refine the 160s’ lowest octaves presentation. Just a guess, and my opinion of 160s (of which my experience is primarily with my Alexia v1, which are difficult to drive for any but the stoutest SS amps.)

And from what I read, the mids on the A5 must sound amazing with the 160s, where the glorious goodness of tubes are on full display.
 
Jambo said:
Magico A5 review on soundstage Australia
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They could at least make a comparison with A3 - not to mention (any) other speakers.
I know there are some comparisons with A3 here and on some other forums, but still...

I would be interested in comparison with let's say B&W 800 D3, Dynaudio Confidence 50, Kef Blade, TAD-E1TX, Focal Scala Utopia Evo... - all from the same or very similar price class in Europe (where A5 costs €29k / £25k).

During this unlucky covid situation I don't have a chance to hear Magico, since there is no dealer in my country.
 
Soundstage Australia had a nice review of A5, but without comparing to other speakers it's hard to relate to the review seriously.
in the review, it is written that the A5 uses the same twitter as M series....so wrong as M series twitter is diamond coated while A5 is not.
 
exupgh12 said:
...it is written that the A5 uses the same twitter as M series....so wrong as M series twitter is diamond coated while A5 is not.
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I don’t believe the review says that.

Nice review, unfortunately many reviewers just don't take any chances and do any meaningful comparisons.
 
LVB said:
I don’t believe the review says that.

Nice review, unfortunately many reviewers just don't take any chances and do any meaningful comparisons.
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There seems to be a widespread misconception that reviewers can pick an item they want to review that costs “X” amount of money and then they have the ability to call up 3-4 companies with competing products at the same price point and have those sent to them for comparison. Especially when you tell the 3-4 companies that you aren’t actually going to review their gear, you are just going to use it to compare against the actual item under review and the comments might not be flattering. Keep in mind that companies bear the cost for shipping their gear to reviewers and back to the company.

The issue of comparative reviews might sound great to audiophiles, but it’s a much more complex issue than people realize.
 
mep said:
There seems to be a widespread misconception that reviewers can pick an item they want to review that costs “X” amount of money and then they have the ability to call up 3-4 companies with competing products at the same price point and have those sent to them for comparison. Especially when you tell the 3-4 companies that you aren’t actually going to review their gear, you are just going to use it to compare against the actual item under review and the comments might not be flattering. Keep in mind that companies bear the cost for shipping their gear to reviewers and back to the company.

The issue of comparative reviews might sound great to audiophiles, but it’s a much more complex issue than people realize.
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We should start a thread about widespread audio misconceptions.

Here’s one I laugh at on Audiogon
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“Oh man, if you’re going to spend $1500 on those speakers, that dealer better come over and set them up in your room and let you hear them in your room for at least a few weeks.”




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Mike said:
We should start a thread about widespread audio misconceptions.

Here’s one I laugh at on Audiogon
forum:

“Oh man, if you’re going to spend $1500 on those speakers, that dealer better come over and set them up in your room and let you hear them in your room for at least a few weeks.”




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That’s funny Mike!
 
mep said:
There seems to be a widespread misconception that reviewers can pick an item they want to review that costs “X” amount of money and then they have the ability to call up 3-4 companies with competing products at the same price point and have those sent to them for comparison. Especially when you tell the 3-4 companies that you aren’t actually going to review their gear, you are just going to use it to compare against the actual item under review and the comments might not be flattering. Keep in mind that companies bear the cost for shipping their gear to reviewers and back to the company.

The issue of comparative reviews might sound great to audiophiles, but it’s a much more complex issue than people realize.
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This reviewer (Edgar Kramer) has done a lot of reviews (more than 50 models of speakers for SoundStage! Australia), so he doesn't lack a reference for comparison.

And, if you ask me - "review" which doesn't mention ANY flaws of a product cannot be considered as relevant. It's almost pure marketing.
Unfortunately, there are to many "reviews" of that kind. According to these "reviews" all products are great and their worth is much higher than their price, bla bla... A total cliché :rolleyes:
 
I opened the review link but didn't read it. Just skipped to the bottom to see how much they cost. $35K in Australia, sounds like a good deal. The local distributor Absolute Hi End is one of the good guys. Fair price, honest advice.
 
i found that to be an excellent review. it might need as well some experience to read a review.
you do get a lot of useful infos.
the a5 is easy to set up. that counts so much more than one would think.
a quality speaker like this will work many decades and most likely will change rooms multiple time during livespan.
yes, many products these day have no flaws at all. just limitations.
the reviewer really enjoyed the a5.
he is experienced and pointed out a good price relation.
and...he described the kind of sound he got, i felt close by reading.
 
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