I know people are getting hung up on price. But someone will always get the trophy wife or overpay for the trophy property. Just a fact of human nature. So if we move away from price and judge the speaker on musical satisfaction, we are likely to find a speaker that measures brilliantly and does the audiophile tricks in a contrived demo but is
emotionally dead.
Like I said before, their competitors like Nola or Scaena, that Valin has recently slammed should come out with responding ad campaign "Where's the Emotion with Magico?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
...A few old ladies come out, tapping their finger nails on the Magico aluminum ..."that's one stiff speaker"..."sure is..."....Another wide-eyed lady measures it with a ruler... A Clara Peller-like asks "Where's the Emotion?".. Voice over: "If you want to feel emotion and get closer to your music, get a (Nola, Scaena, Sonus Faber, etc.)"...