Magico Announces the A3 Loudspeaker

Nice videos Mike!! Can't tell much on my phone with headphones but it does sound good. They sound very transparent like I like it.

At times I still wish I would have given you a call about them. But I would need a matching center channel and that would be asking for a lot right now. And I didn't want to wait a long time for one.

I think they will sell very well. I actually like the looks of them.


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walesi said:
Kuoppis, looks like we made an expensive jump in the wrong direction :D
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You’re funny [emoji3]. I’m really happy with the move, think the S3 mk2s sound really great.

That said, I think it is great that Magico has introduced the A series, making their products attainable to broader audiences of music lovers.

Should Magico introduce an A1 standmount (starting unsubstantiated rumors here [emoji15]), that’s probably what would end up in my summerhouse.


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Nice, Mike!
I wonder how it’s compared to S3 mk1? The guys at Magico did ensure me that’s not what I want to do.
If CC to become available though, A series will be very intriguing to me.
 
The A3 is sounding amazing!

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to hear them, give me a shout. So far we have about 100 hours on them and they are really sounding very nice.

Not only the great price point, but also the smaller size and clean design of the A3 will make them much more accessible and versatile speaker for many environments.

A3, S5 mkii, and S3 mkii comparison shot:

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The A3 is sounding amazing!

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to hear them, give me a shout. So far we have about 100 hours on them and they are really sounding very nice.

Not only the great price point, but also the smaller size and clean design of the A3 will make them much more accessible and versatile speaker for many environments.

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It appears they all have the tweeter and midrange at about the same height.
 
Are the A3 and S3 II voiced similarly? My impression is that the Q has a more neutral tonal balance while the S is slightly warmer, weightier. What is the tonal balance of the A3 like?
 
PeterA said:
Are the A3 and S3 II voiced similarly? My impression is that the Q has a more neutral tonal balance while the S is slightly warmer, weightier. What is the tonal balance of the A3 like?
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A little more warmer to my ears. The S3 mk2 is obviously the big brother in the room, going lower, playing louder, playing bigger, etc. But the A3 is the best floorstander I’ve heard under $10k and gives speakers twice it’s price, a real run. In terms of midrange/tweeter integration, think of the best two way you’ve ever heard and now add weight and bass.

I’m convinced the secret sauce is the 28mm tweeter and that midrange with perfect integration (Alon has learned how to nail this). The bigger tweeter makes the A3 play much bigger than its room friendly size. Images are centered above the speaker (think 5th row at a concert looking up at the stage) and the soundstage extends 3D deep.

Lastly, the complete minimizing of cabinet resonances combined with a sealed cabinet sets the A3 apart from all its sub-$10k competitors, and that may ultimately be the real secret sauce.
 
Mike said:
A little more warmer to my ears. The S3 mk2 is obviously the big brother in the room, going lower, playing louder, playing bigger, etc. But the A3 is the best floorstander I’ve heard under $10k and gives speakers twice it’s price, a real run. In terms of midrange/tweeter integration, think of the best two way you’ve ever heard and now add weight and bass.

I’m convinced the secret sauce is the 28mm tweeter and that midrange with perfect integration (Alon has learned how to nail this). The bigger tweeter makes the A3 play much bigger than its room friendly size. Images are centered above the speaker (think 5th row at a concert looking up at the stage) and the soundstage extends 3D deep.

Lastly, the complete minimizing of cabinet resonances combined with a sealed cabinet sets the A3 apart from all its sub-$10k competitors, and that may ultimately be the real secret sauce.
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Thank you Mike. It sure sounds like a standard bearer in the under $10K category. So the A3 is voiced to sound warmer than the S3. That seems like quite a departure from the Q series then. Interesting. Have you hooked it up yet to a system of components likely to be owned by someone considering a $10K speaker? What would the overall target system price be for such a customer, $30-50K?
 
Mike said:
Holy Sh!t. Out of the box: “Wow!”. Big, airy, transparent, superb driver integration, no problem filling the 17 x 25 room.

Listening to The Wailin’ Jenny’s - Storm Comin’, the rain drops at the end are so present and real, the vocals are sweet and pure. Bass is articulate and real.

Rick (retired VAC engineer) is here with me. He noted: “there is nothing about these speakers I don’t like. Off axis listening is also excellent.” He has to say that last part, I won’t give him the sweet spot. [emoji41]

Rick is blown away by the driver integration. He called the tweeter/midrange integration “like what you get with a superb monitor, but now, with bass.”

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I know its preliminary, but how close to the S II series in performance or is it voiced different?
 
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Listening to The Wailin’ Jenny’s - Storm Comin’, the rain drops at the end are so present and real, the vocals are sweet and pure. Bass is articulate and real.


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Mike, What album? I listened to it on the album Bright Morning Stars using Spotify. No rain but that might have been the format quality. I am wondering if it is also on a different CD.
 
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