Magico A5’s Arrive!!!!

PeterA said:
Mike, thanks for posting the videos. Have you made any with an acoustic string quartet or classical symphony?
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None yet. I’ll try to do one today. Looks like FL is going into full lockdown tomorrow night.


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I’ve always found comfort in listening to music. It was a stress reliever when I worked and it’s a stress reliever during these trying times.
 
Mike, how well do the drivers integrate? One of the amazing things about the A3 is their coherence - almost like a poor man's M2. I don't mind the A3 tweeter. Some think it's dark but I've never heard that signature. If anything it helps to blend in with the midrange and that coherent disappearing trick where all the drivers sound as a whole. No tweeter sticking out at all. Do these have the M DNA to do that coherence and disappearing trick as well?
 
owldiscourse said:
Mike, how well do the drivers integrate? One of the amazing things about the A3 is their coherence - almost like a poor man's M2. I don't mind the A3 tweeter. Some think it's dark but I've never heard that signature. If anything it helps to blend in with the midrange and that coherent disappearing trick where all the drivers sound as a whole. No tweeter sticking out at all. Do these have the M DNA to do that coherence and disappearing trick as well?
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I appreciate these thoughts - Im loving our A3's and am pretty sure its because they really are that good.
 
owldiscourse said:
Mike, how well do the drivers integrate? One of the amazing things about the A3 is their coherence - almost like a poor man's M2. I don't mind the A3 tweeter. Some think it's dark but I've never heard that signature. If anything it helps to blend in with the midrange and that coherent disappearing trick where all the drivers sound as a whole. No tweeter sticking out at all. Do these have the M DNA to do that coherence and disappearing trick as well?
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With the exception of the Magico V3, I have found every Magico speaker I've heard to be extremely coherent. It is one of the real strengths of the brand, IMO.
 
owldiscourse said:
Mike, how well do the drivers integrate? One of the amazing things about the A3 is their coherence - almost like a poor man's M2. I don't mind the A3 tweeter. Some think it's dark but I've never heard that signature. If anything it helps to blend in with the midrange and that coherent disappearing trick where all the drivers sound as a whole. No tweeter sticking out at all. Do these have the M DNA to do that coherence and disappearing trick as well?
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If anything, they do an even better disappearing act (think planar like). The new midrange allows an even greater coherence to the bass drivers and the tweeter is beautifully integrated.

This isn’t a case where the A5 is a little better than the A3, it’s a LOT better and the A3 is a super performer.

Frankly, they may have made the A5 a little too good - if you know what I mean.


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PeterA said:
With the exception of the Magico V3, I have found every Magico speaker I've heard to be extremely coherent. It is one of the real strengths of the brand, IMO.
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Just wondering why you make an exception for the V3 in the complete (old and new) Magico line up for being "coherent", IMHO even the V3's are coherent speakers, they like a bit of power, but then they fill the room with a very neutral sound.

By the way, no problem to have another opinion, just wondering about the experience you had with the V3.
 
Mike said:
If anything, they do an even better disappearing act (think planar like). The new midrange allows an even greater coherence to the bass drivers and the tweeter is beautifully integrated.

This isn’t a case where the A5 is a little better than the A3, it’s a LOT better and the A3 is a super performer.

Frankly, they may have made the A5 a little too good - if you know what I mean.


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Thanks, Mike for the feedback and videos on the new A5. i think they will be Scary Good!
 
Mike said:
If anything, they do an even better disappearing act (think planar like). The new midrange allows an even greater coherence to the bass drivers and the tweeter is beautifully integrated.

This isn’t a case where the A5 is a little better than the A3, it’s a LOT better and the A3 is a super performer.

Frankly, they may have made the A5 a little too good - if you know what I mean.


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Impressive!
 
imprezap2 said:
Just wondering why you make an exception for the V3 in the complete (old and new) Magico line up for being "coherent", IMHO even the V3's are coherent speakers, they like a bit of power, but then they fill the room with a very neutral sound.

By the way, no problem to have another opinion, just wondering about the experience you had with the V3.
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Yes, I auditioned the V2 and Mini II at Goodwin's High End in Boston. They both sounded excellent, and extremely coherent. About six months later, I went to Sound by Singer in NYC and heard the Mini II and V3, at opposite ends of the same room. The Mini II sounded pretty much as I remembered it sounding, but the V3 seemed to have poor woofer integration with the rest of the drivers. It was not at all coherent. I assumed the set up was fine because I also heard the M5 in a different room that same afternoon. It sounded like a much bigger Mini II. Of all the speakers, only the V3, to my ears, sounded less "of a piece". I could hear the separate drivers. Based on these auditions, I decided to buy the Mini II. I now own the Q3. I have not heard any of the new A series, but I have heard the M Pro, the M2, the M3, the S5 II, the S1, the S7, the Q7, the Q5, the Q1.
 
I'm looking at whats available at the price of the A5 and I think this speaker offers a better value than the a3. I started looking at $10k speakers when I decided to upgrade and the current offerings, persona 3f, kanta2, A3 all looked to be designed with subs to supplement them and i'm of the phobia that loud clean spl requires big boxes. The a5 looks like a genuine full range, end game product that people like me(never considered magico$$$) can actually get excited about.
 
steve59 said:
I'm looking at whats available at the price of the A5 and I think this speaker offers a better value than the a3. I started looking at $10k speakers when I decided to upgrade and the current offerings, persona 3f, kanta2, A3 all looked to be designed with subs to supplement them and i'm of the phobia that loud clean spl requires big boxes. The a5 looks like a genuine full range, end game product that people like me(never considered magico$$$) can actually get excited about.
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My journey was Devore Nines...then had to add a sub (JL) because I needed more bass. Then I got tired of the sub, and found the Devores too "shouty," and got the A3's. There is plenty (a ton) of bass from these A3's in my (rather alive) room. I could not imagine wanting a sub in my environment; the bass really is fantastic. For our room (the tweeters are 113" on the laser measure from where I sit), I think that the A5's would be too much (just as the Devore X's were when I brought them home to try). I have S3Mk2 and M2 envy, not A5 envy :)
 
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