Magico describe the S5's midrange enclosure as a substantial fabrication of alloy plate with no parallel walls, thus physically inert and essentially lacking internal resonant reflections. Therefore it would not be precisely rectangular in nature. The midrange enclosure has been tailored for the S5 & is very effective. That said, the more geometrically complex software modelled polycarbonate enclosure first used in the S3 has greater potential to improve the sound beyond the older design.
+ 1. That's one of the reasons I want my next pair of speakers to do me almost until retirement (maybe the future S5 MkIIThe thought of breaking in another pair of Magicos is a bit daunting. It took the better part of a year for mine to stop improving.
).I used to own a pair of Infinity Renaissance 90's which also employed a wide flat front baffle & curved cabinet, though the Ren's front baffle was just over 2" wider than the S5 & worked extremely well, allowing the speakers to disappear in the room & throw a deep, holographic sound stage (reminiscent of a dipole). It's all in the implementation
I think that is inevitable Ken...though hopefully sooner rather than later!Well, it worked with the S7. So I'm going to say again, I hope the Magico S5 MKII also get the diamond coated beryllium tweeter and the graphene midrange.
Ken
Hi Myles, In my view Magico have been very smart in the way they've filtered down technology from the M Pro to the S series to maximize cost/performance by using a 1" (instead of 1.2") diamond-coated beryllium diaphragm, then out-sourcing assembly to Scan Speak & using a hybrid carbon nanotube and nanographene 6" midrange (which reduces the weight of the cone by 20%), instead of the full nanographene midrange used in the M Pro (which reduces the cone weight by 30%). The M Pro outriggers and x-over upgrade are just the icing on the cake.
