The Ultimate MAGICO Experience for Audioshark Members - Saturday August 27, 2016

Guys - I arranged to send a beautiful $300 gourmet wine gift basket to Alon, David and Peter as a thank you from all of us for their hospitality. They will get it Tuesday.
 
Mike said:
More on the Q-sub:

The Electronic Crossover and DSP Control System of the QSUB15 is extremely versatile and complex. When setup properly it will seamlessly integrate the QSUB15's with your main loudspeakers and provide similar sub/satellite performance that you enjoyed in the M3 / QSUB15 demonstration.

The Room EQ Wizard software is compatible with PC or MAC and is available online for free. The other software required is for the Omni-MICROPHONE and Magico DSP software.
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Have the Q-Sub or S-Sub been upgraded to the latest Magico woofer technology with graphene?
 
My wife and I attended this event yesterday.


I also want to convey many, many thanks to Magico and Mike for putting this event together. From the moment we arrived to the end of dinner hours later, the hospitality from Alon, Dave and Peter was top notch, warm and appreciated.


While I had read and heard a fair bit about Magico's operation, there is nothing like seeing it first hand. It quickly becomes evident just how meticulous the operation is and how much of a balance it is between state of the art R&D, skilled labor and careful logistical planning. It's also fascinating to not only see HOW something is built, but WHY it is built that way (where not only are sonics the obvious end goal but where strategic manufacturing is vital to making the product attainable).


We got to see a few different products in different states of assembly including a batch of M3s. To say that my wife and I were impressed is an understatement.


And as for hearing the M3's, I agree with everything Mike said. The drivers are seamless, and the coherence of the speaker incredible. As an owner of the M3's bigger brother, the MPro, I am used to this (and spoiled rotten by it). I have been exposed to a great number of loudspeakers over the past couple decades, owned a fair number of them, and not until owning Magico did I clearly understand what lack of distortion, artifacts (such as ringing or driver breakup), and seamless integration brings to the presentation.


I expected a somewhat smaller sound than my MPros but was surprised that scale was not an issue, nor was lack of bass. Extremely impressive given the volume of the room. Other than that - no surprises. The differences in sources (digital versus analog) was not subtle; in my experience with the MPros, it simply conveys everything upstream with ease. I have been lucky enough to have a variety of electronics and cabling mate with my MPro since I've owned them and a change to any component can change the character of the presentation drastically. And all the while, the ability of these speakers to effortlessly reproduce complex musical passages without homogenizing the sound never ceases to amaze me. I am so spoiled by not only the separation and articulation of individual instruments (which make following the various musical lines easy and rewarding) but also being able to enjoy detail, harmonics and texture (including the magic produced by weaving various instruments together).


I currently (but temporarily) own Pass, Soulution and CAT electronics and if I switch just one of these components in/out you'd think I had different speakers. So when I entered the listening room and saw we'd be listening to Soulution electronics, I knew what to expect in terms of 'house sound' and other than the scale of the M3's there were no curveballs.


This was the first time I got to hear the Q subs and I was very impressed. If I ever clear enough equipment out of my listening room I might make space for these. :)


Sometimes I just have to reflect on how lucky we are that the state of audio has come this far. Ten years ago we might have enjoyed our systems, but we didn't get to experience transparency and performance like this. If you've read this far, it's obvious I'm a fan. I think Magico is one of the best loudspeaker manufacturers, if not THE best ever and I'm amazed at the way they keep pushing the envelope (while many competitors rest on their laurels).


Being the audio geek that I am, I truly enjoyed all the various conversation, both at the factory and at dinner - and as usual, learned a lot while truly enjoying myself. It was great to meet more forum members as well and discuss our systems as well as our impressions. Speaking of dinner - the quality of the food and service was outstanding and my wife and I had a great time.


Thanks again to Mike, Alon, Dave and Peter for making this happen.
 
What a great event. It sounds as if all who attended were treated to a one of those experiences that are very rare in this hobby.

I have heard the Gregory Porter track used in other demos. When the system is right it is special.

Thanks for the photos and comments
 
What Soulution gear do you have?


madfloyd said:
My wife and I attended this event yesterday.


I also want to convey many, many thanks to Magico and Mike for putting this event together. From the moment we arrived to the end of dinner hours later, the hospitality from Alon, Dave and Peter was top notch, warm and appreciated.


While I had read and heard a fair bit about Magico's operation, there is nothing like seeing it first hand. It quickly becomes evident just how meticulous the operation is and how much of a balance it is between state of the art R&D, skilled labor and careful logistical planning. It's also fascinating to not only see HOW something is built, but WHY it is built that way (where not only are sonics the obvious end goal but where strategic manufacturing is vital to making the product attainable).


We got to see a few different products in different states of assembly including a batch of M3s. To say that my wife and I were impressed is an understatement.


And as for hearing the M3's, I agree with everything Mike said. The drivers are seamless, and the coherence of the speaker incredible. As an owner of the M3's bigger brother, the MPro, I am used to this (and spoiled rotten by it). I have been exposed to a great number of loudspeakers over the past couple decades, owned a fair number of them, and not until owning Magico did I clearly understand what lack of distortion, artifacts (such as ringing or driver breakup), and seamless integration brings to the presentation.


I expected a somewhat smaller sound than my MPros but was surprised that scale was not an issue, nor was lack of bass. Extremely impressive given the volume of the room. Other than that - no surprises. The differences in sources (digital versus analog) was not subtle; in my experience with the MPros, it simply conveys everything upstream with ease. I have been lucky enough to have a variety of electronics and cabling mate with my MPro since I've owned them and a change to any component can change the character of the presentation drastically. And all the while, the ability of these speakers to effortlessly reproduce complex musical passages without homogenizing the sound never ceases to amaze me. I am so spoiled by not only the separation and articulation of individual instruments (which make following the various musical lines easy and rewarding) but also being able to enjoy detail, harmonics and texture (including the magic produced by weaving various instruments together).


I currently (but temporarily) own Pass, Soulution and CAT electronics and if I switch just one of these components in/out you'd think I had different speakers. So when I entered the listening room and saw we'd be listening to Soulution electronics, I knew what to expect in terms of 'house sound' and other than the scale of the M3's there were no curveballs.


This was the first time I got to hear the Q subs and I was very impressed. If I ever clear enough equipment out of my listening room I might make space for these. :)


Sometimes I just have to reflect on how lucky we are that the state of audio has come this far. Ten years ago we might have enjoyed our systems, but we didn't get to experience transparency and performance like this. If you've read this far, it's obvious I'm a fan. I think Magico is one of the best loudspeaker manufacturers, if not THE best ever and I'm amazed at the way they keep pushing the envelope (while many competitors rest on their laurels).


Being the audio geek that I am, I truly enjoyed all the various conversation, both at the factory and at dinner - and as usual, learned a lot while truly enjoying myself. It was great to meet more forum members as well and discuss our systems as well as our impressions. Speaking of dinner - the quality of the food and service was outstanding and my wife and I had a great time.


Thanks again to Mike, Alon, Dave and Peter for making this happen.
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I have SEVERAL pictures and lots of videos of the listening to post once I get home. I had to take in As much of SF as I could today. It was a great tour. Really top notch. I wouldn't expect less tho. And we got tshirts :)


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So, it appears the M3 is one great speaker. I am glad I was too tired to go, since I saved myself $75K. :)

Can someone give a reasonable description of how it excels over the S5 vII, or the S7. When I was there for the S5 vs S7 demo I felt the S7 was better, but not twice as better based on the price ratio.
 
madfloyd said:
My wife and I attended this event yesterday.


I also want to convey many, many thanks to Magico and Mike for putting this event together. From the moment we arrived to the end of dinner hours later, the hospitality from Alon, Dave and Peter was top notch, warm and appreciated.


While I had read and heard a fair bit about Magico's operation, there is nothing like seeing it first hand. It quickly becomes evident just how meticulous the operation is and how much of a balance it is between state of the art R&D, skilled labor and careful logistical planning. It's also fascinating to not only see HOW something is built, but WHY it is built that way (where not only are sonics the obvious end goal but where strategic manufacturing is vital to making the product attainable).


We got to see a few different products in different states of assembly including a batch of M3s. To say that my wife and I were impressed is an understatement.


And as for hearing the M3's, I agree with everything Mike said. The drivers are seamless, and the coherence of the speaker incredible. As an owner of the M3's bigger brother, the MPro, I am used to this (and spoiled rotten by it). I have been exposed to a great number of loudspeakers over the past couple decades, owned a fair number of them, and not until owning Magico did I clearly understand what lack of distortion, artifacts (such as ringing or driver breakup), and seamless integration brings to the presentation.


I expected a somewhat smaller sound than my MPros but was surprised that scale was not an issue, nor was lack of bass. Extremely impressive given the volume of the room. Other than that - no surprises. The differences in sources (digital versus analog) was not subtle; in my experience with the MPros, it simply conveys everything upstream with ease. I have been lucky enough to have a variety of electronics and cabling mate with my MPro since I've owned them and a change to any component can change the character of the presentation drastically. And all the while, the ability of these speakers to effortlessly reproduce complex musical passages without homogenizing the sound never ceases to amaze me. I am so spoiled by not only the separation and articulation of individual instruments (which make following the various musical lines easy and rewarding) but also being able to enjoy detail, harmonics and texture (including the magic produced by weaving various instruments together).


I currently (but temporarily) own Pass, Soulution and CAT electronics and if I switch just one of these components in/out you'd think I had different speakers. So when I entered the listening room and saw we'd be listening to Soulution electronics, I knew what to expect in terms of 'house sound' and other than the scale of the M3's there were no curveballs.


This was the first time I got to hear the Q subs and I was very impressed. If I ever clear enough equipment out of my listening room I might make space for these. :)


Sometimes I just have to reflect on how lucky we are that the state of audio has come this far. Ten years ago we might have enjoyed our systems, but we didn't get to experience transparency and performance like this. If you've read this far, it's obvious I'm a fan. I think Magico is one of the best loudspeaker manufacturers, if not THE best ever and I'm amazed at the way they keep pushing the envelope (while many competitors rest on their laurels).


Being the audio geek that I am, I truly enjoyed all the various conversation, both at the factory and at dinner - and as usual, learned a lot while truly enjoying myself. It was great to meet more forum members as well and discuss our systems as well as our impressions. Speaking of dinner - the quality of the food and service was outstanding and my wife and I had a great time.


Thanks again to Mike, Alon, Dave and Peter for making this happen.
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Terrific post, Ian. Sounds like it was an amazing day. Well done Mike and Magico.

Best, Ken
 
Sounds like a great event. Did the M3 have the new base? If so, did you hear them with and with out? And did Magico discuss details about these speaker bases and if they would offer them for other models?

How did the analog and digital compare? What cartridge were they using?
 
BlueFox said:
So, it appears the M3 is one great speaker. I am glad I was too tired to go, since I saved myself $75K. :)

Can someone give a reasonable description of how it excels over the S5 vII, or the S7. When I was there for the S5 vs S7 demo I felt the S7 was better, but not twice as better based on the price ratio.
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Bud, the M series is a lot more open and airy versus the S which is warmer. The M is a lot cleaner as well. I haven't heard the MkII of the S but I had the S5 and the MPro in the same room for 8 months; it's not even close.
 
PeterA said:
Sounds like a great event. Did the M3 have the new base? If so, did you hear them with and with out? And did Magico discuss details about these speaker bases and if they would offer them for other models?

How did the analog and digital compare? What cartridge were they using?
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While I personally did not check, I'm fairly certain the MPods were on the M3s.

while I don't know about other models, I know they will be available for my MPros.

I found the analog much better than the digital. They were using a Goldfinger.
 
madfloyd said:
... I know they will be available for my MPros....
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I better start saving then:-), most likely they dont come cheap.

Did Magico say anything regarding if it is possible to retro fitt the copper gasket/rings on M Pro?

How would you compare the M3 with its bigger M brother?

Best Tommy
 
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