Find it very elegant. Don't know yet the MRSP but if they can price it below 23k will be a killer.
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Magico S3
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Beautiful! I heard the S1 recently, and though a casual audition, I was very impressed - I am standing two feet away from the speaker and I can't tell one driver from the other; just beautiful, with light music at least.
Very nice format.
Magico is really on a roll. I am waiting for a Q2 to replace my Mini2. This new S line seems to be working very well for them. It's interesting how they are investigating both the extreme end (Qsub, Ultimate 3, Q7) and the lower priced, high quality end (S series).
Would it not had made more sense for Magico to go with 1 bass driver in the S3 so it has greater flexibility for rooms than the S5 while still being an improvement over the S1?
To my mind it is closer to the S5 rather than more in the middle of the S1 and S5.
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To my mind it is closer to the S5 rather than more in the middle of the S1 and S5.
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Q2... how would it look like? either you have a 2 ways and you end up with a S1/Q1, or you move to 3 ways, and you end up with a Q3. Not sure how something in between would look like.
The Q1 has one mid range driver and no bass driver. The Q3 has three 7" bass drivers. The Q2 could or would have one 8-9" or two 7" bass drivers. Sort of like the V2/V3. I'm thinking of a small, slightly more extended speaker for a smallish room for which the Q3 may be too much. There is also quite a gap in price between the $25K Q1 and the $43K Q3. Perhaps they think some S model would fit this spot.
I wonder if someday Magico will combine the curved, no visible fastener, front baffle of the Q series with the curved enclosure of the S3 or S5. Essentially an all aluminum cabinet shaped like the top module of the Mini speaker. Now that they can make the curved cabinet with intricate internal bracing all in aluminum, I would think that would be simpler (cheaper)and stiffer than the traditional rectangular box cabinet of the Q series with all of those fasteners.
I kind of like the ad. It's something to consider for those for whom the S5 is too much speaker, too big or too expensive and it is clearly more than the S1 which is the entry point for Magico. It falls in between and the photo shows this. I wonder if they considered just one woofer. Perhaps that will be for the S2.
The only thing I don't really like is the outrigger base. I would have preferred to see a base plate with spikes the size of that on the S5 separated from the bottom of the speaker by a 1/2" or 3/8th" reveal.
The only thing I don't really like is the outrigger base. I would have preferred to see a base plate with spikes the size of that on the S5 separated from the bottom of the speaker by a 1/2" or 3/8th" reveal.
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I suspect with this ad their target market is people already familiar with Magico, and who will do their research to see what speaker it is. However, they did mess up. Go to the Magico site, and you are greeted with the S3. However, in products they have the S1 and S5, but no mention of the S3.
I like how the outrigged footers sort of disappear in this photo. I heard that Magico is dropping the anodized finish option for the S series. I recently saw a black anodized S5 and it was gorgeous. I guess it is too expensive and difficult to do.
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