Magico M2

I don’t need subs for the bass, but am rather using them to support the midrange, soundstage and dimensionality.


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brodricj said:
I can't help but notice that Mike seems to be setting up quite a few dual Q-sub 15: business must be booming.
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Didn’t you get the memo? High end audio is dead. [emoji6]. One trip to Munich High End and you’ll come away saying: “Far from it”.

Yes, we are very busy. It’s a real team effort: young Mike is slammed with installs and orders and sales. Rick has been a real big help with so many things like installs, helping with big speaker and big amp deliveries, custom building special cables and resistors (and hey, we need at least one guy who reads the manuals cover to cover!). Rick reads all the patents he can find related to high end audio. Super smart guy.

And we have a great team of installers. Thank God for young, strong backs.

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brodricj said:
So you do your own dual Q-sub installations now without the Magico factory guys assistance?
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Well, the installs are always done by the dealer. Let’s call it, the heavy lifting. :). The configuration/setup is done by the Magico guys. They have the special software and tools and spend several hours dialing things in to perfection.
 
Mike said:
The Pass INT-60 was already hooked up, so that for now. Curious to hear them with the Diablo 300.
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Mike sorry if this has been asked and answered, but have you much experience with Naim + Magico? I'm pretty dedicated to Naim and now have 252/SCDR/300DR, and my A3's are arriving "any day." Have you tried the M2's with Naim? Naim is a bit less current to be sure than other options out there. If my ship comes in I'd like to trade A3's towards M2's some day. Our room is not big and I dont see us ever moving to a bigger space, so that form factor is about as big as we can go.
 
Bart001 said:
Mike sorry if this has been asked and answered, but have you much experience with Naim + Magico? I'm pretty dedicated to Naim and now have 252/SCDR/300DR, and my A3's are arriving "any day." Have you tried the M2's with Naim? Naim is a bit less current to be sure than other options out there. If my ship comes in I'd like to trade A3's towards M2's some day. Our room is not big and I dont see us ever moving to a bigger space, so that form factor is about as big as we can go.
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Bart, we have the NAIM Uniti Nova in the store and often use it to drive the A3’s since the NAIM offers such a great “all in one box” value and sound. The sound is typical NAIM (toe tappingly musical). It drives the A3’s fine. You of course won’t go to 115db rock concert levels, but for normal listening levels, it’s great.
 
Kuoppis said:
Interesting design choice to make the M2s shorter than the S3 mk2. Would think people might want something a bit more imposing in that price range.

But the sound is what counts, and I think they are a killer.
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In my suburban McMansion, I had a 24 foot x 24 foot family room, but now much more urban that space doesn't exist. The A3/M2 size is really as big as I can go. Ive auditioned speakers at home that were "too big" -- no matter what I want to or can spend, size will matter.
 
Sure it's always fun to think about it, for me. It's not happening but it doesn't pain me to think about them. If money were no object I'd just cancel the A3 order and just get the M2's but again, my ship hasn't come in and I'm not ready to spend $56k on speakers.
 
Mike said:
Bart, we have the NAIM Uniti Nova in the store and often use it to drive the A3’s since the NAIM offers such a great “all in one box” value and sound. The sound is typical NAIM (toe tappingly musical). It drives the A3’s fine. You of course won’t go to 115db rock concert levels, but for normal listening levels, it’s great.
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If you have a 300 on the floor, see how they do with the M2's. My local dealer keeps very little Naim on the floor; maybe that's the same with you. With so many brands, they aren't a huge seller in the States I know!
 
Bart001 said:
If you have a 300 on the floor, see how they do with the M2's. My local dealer keeps very little Naim on the floor; maybe that's the same with you. With so many brands, they aren't a huge seller in the States I know!
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No 300 on the floor. NAIM is such a “tweaky” brand. It’s really more of a full system/synergy play. I added NAIM because I really like their Uniti series (all in one). The bigger NAIM stuff (like 300) are excellent sounding, but as you know, it’s not really a “plug & play” type of scenario with NAIM. It’s really a full system play.
 
Mike said:
No 300 on the floor. NAIM is such a “tweaky” brand. It’s really more of a full system/synergy play. I added NAIM because I really like their Uniti series (all in one). The bigger NAIM stuff (like 300) are excellent sounding, but as you know, it’s not really a “plug & play” type of scenario with NAIM. It’s really a full system play.
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Yup! Because of that, I use a dealer half way across the country. While I do my own setup with hardware, he travels quite a bit to install full systems. There are few folks in the States like that. The new Uniti stuff sounds quite good and the Nova is very nice for its spot as an all-in-one.

I'll be quite happy with the A3/Naim combo :)
 
The 300 is a beefy amp. I'll bet you won't have any issues playing the Magico's very very loud. I used to have 500s with Magico Q1s. So obviously not exactly but ....

Bart001 said:
If you have a 300 on the floor, see how they do with the M2's. My local dealer keeps very little Naim on the floor; maybe that's the same with you. With so many brands, they aren't a huge seller in the States I know!
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