New Magico A series speakers announced

I ordered my A3's in late December . . . and it's now May 14th and they aren't here yet. Should get here this month. I ordered just after they got really "hot" in the market and there obviously was a huge backlog.

That IS a long time to wait, but I am trading my Devore Nines towards them and pretty OK with listening to the Devores in my home til the A3's arrive. If I didn't have speakers already, the wait would have not worked out - definitely.
 
Bart001 said:
I ordered my A3's in late December . . . and it's now May 14th and they aren't here yet. Should get here this month. I ordered just after they got really "hot" in the market and there obviously was a huge backlog.

That IS a long time to wait, but I am trading my Devore Nines towards them and pretty OK with listening to the Devores in my home til the A3's arrive. If I didn't have speakers already, the wait would have not worked out - definitely.
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Congratulations Bart. I admire your patience and had no idea that the wait for a pair of A3s was that long. I see that you are from Boston. Did you audition the A3s at Goodwin's High End before deciding to buy them? If so, may I ask which room you heard them in, and what the associated gear was? I have not heard them yet but would like to.
 
PeterA said:
Congratulations Bart. I admire your patience and had no idea that the wait for a pair of A3s was that long. I see that you are from Boston. Did you audition the A3s at Goodwin's High End before deciding to buy them? If so, may I ask which room you heard them in, and what the associated gear was? I have not heard them yet but would like to.
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Hi Peter. Yes I'm from the Boston area as well, and are buying them from Goodwins. I listened to them there (the middle room on the right-hand side), and then was able to work it so that I brought them home for about 4 days. It was a time where they could spare them around Thanksgiving I think it was, and a 'Im not going to buy them unless I get them into my home for a few days' deal. It worked out ok for Alan (a friend and I used the friends truck and did the moving ourselves) but probably very hard to pry them away for a few days now-a-days.

I'm a Naim guy pretty much, and part of the problem was that their Naim pre-amp in the store had a fault and that made it impossible to audition with Naim there. The in-home audition was key, as their rooms are quite different sounding than my home.

I had already borrowed their Devore X's (great but too much for my room, despite being perfect in their middle room) and the A3's worked way better at home. After 20 minutes we were in love with them.

NOTE: In their middle room, the A3's were almost to the 'boring' line for me, but in my much more lively room at home they were very good and fast. It's hard to describe what I mean by 'boring' but they were very different in my lively room vs. Goodwins very dead listening room.
 
Bart001 said:
NOTE: In their middle room, the A3's were almost to the 'boring' line for me, but in my much more lively room at home they were very good and fast. It's hard to describe what I mean by 'boring' but they were very different in my lively room vs. Goodwins very dead listening room.
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Thanks Bart. Goodwins can be quite accommodating at times. I have a friend who has tried a bunch of electronics from them at home and ended up buying. I've heard mixed reviews of the A3 in that middle room. Glad to read it worked out for you. There is nothing like a home audition.
 
Bart001 said:
I ordered my A3's in late December . . . and it's now May 14th and they aren't here yet. Should get here this month. I ordered just after they got really "hot" in the market and there obviously was a huge backlog.

That IS a long time to wait, but I am trading my Devore Nines towards them and pretty OK with listening to the Devores in my home til the A3's arrive. If I didn't have speakers already, the wait would have not worked out - definitely.
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I applaud your patients. At least you had a opportunity to listen to the A3's in your home. Mine took just over five months. And about one more to really break in. I hope you receive them soon and enjoy them as I do.
 
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I'm reluctant to call any Magico product ugly, but that A1 stand is ugly.

Are they doing a stand for ACC?
 
brodricj said:
I'm reluctant to call any Magico product ugly, but that A1 stand is ugly.

Are they doing a stand for ACC?
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This is not a Magico stand; it is a "custom Sound Anchors stand" (that is what the FB post says).
Not the prettiest, but they make great stands and a lot of value for the money.
 
Any consensus out there that this would have looked much better under A1?

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This was a nice Magico stand at a different price point:


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Paul Klipsch came out with the Hersey speaker which was named because it was considered Heresy to build such a small speaker considering his Klipshcorn, La Scala and Cornwall speakers. He also used a riser tilted back with the Heresy speakers. Is this Alon Wolfs version?
 
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Dizzie, I see the tilt, but what is being isolated and how is it being achieved?
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Peter, I am not sure if there is any active isolation built in. It seems to me that eliminating contact between the bottom center of the speaker and the shelf or cabinet it is sitting on should provide some isolation. I fully acknowledge I may be wrong. :wacko:
 
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