Does Magico have a "house sound", and if so, how would you describe it?
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There either is or there is not an “absolute sound”, which one is it? Just curious to see if the idiology aligns with the response.
I think this is more appropriate for one of the "absolute sound" threads. I would be happy to respond to your question over there. Or please feel free to start a brand new thread.
(I was not intending to derail the discussion about Magico; I sought only to applaud one poster's introspective approach.)
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I feel all comments critisizing Magico speakers would be considered by you as poisoning the thread. I don’t agree that using « great on hifi criterias « is pejorative.
all I said is my personal and subjective comments and listening impressions. I just wanted to say that I recognise that Magico are great speakers but not my kind of signature of sound. What’s wrong with that ?
all comments on Magico thread have to be entirely positive ? It’s a forum.
Please know that I never consciously or deliberately or intentionally post anything to "poison a thread."
I sought only to applaud one poster's introspective approach.
I think "great on hifi criterias" is more benign than the declaration as an objective fact that a speaker is thin-sounding and soulless. Alternatively, I can agree that these statements are substantially the same in concept, but that the latter simply is stated more forcefully.
Exactly. Magico, Wilson and Sonus Faber for example are all great speakers , but very different in their type of presentation. Who can say that one of them is nearer the reality of a concert ?
i'm the odd one out here: i don't care about replicating a concert. i've enjoyed listening to my system over pretty much any concert i've been to. concerts are fun for other reasons though even pre corona i wasn't going often - i'm a home body.
i agree with your point though. they are all playing music and that music is as _real_ from one speaker to another just really what you're benchmarking it against. so the question that i'm trying to figure out now is one better for some music than others?
i've heard zellaton is excellent for classical. i listened to pretty much everything other than classical on the zells when i demo'd and enjoyed the sound. it was fleet footed for sure something i love at first and really grabs me but i don't think it's something i'd want long term. i've heard sf's are great for opera. i have limited experience with sf and what i did hear i did not enjoy so didnt explore more of the line
I would take the YG Sonja 2.2i over the Magico M3 but I would take the Magico M6 over the Sonja XVi Jr. This is straight up with equal discounting.
Ken
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yeaaaah i am neither buying equipment for or on anyone else's opinion. to the extent that impacts my buying decisions is the loose concept of resale value where i prefer to avoid esoteric brands where possibleDon't worry, your, or anyone else's, opinion will not 'burst bubbles' on this forum
i'm lucky that magico sounds great to me and happens to hold value reasonably well all things considered
Audio Drom gave the Magico M3’s their highest rating at 95%
Francisco, I don't take "great on HiFi criterias" as inherently pejorative. Imo there is a fairly clear distinction between the qualities of live acoustic music (tonality, dynamics, timing, venue context) and HiFi qualities that some stereo systems offer or add in reproduction (focused imaging, frequency emphasis, image size, black-backgrounds, etc.). Many of the latter are part of an audiophile lexicon that concert goers simply don't use. Some audiophiles value them, some do not. But the pointing out or attributing these to components - as one person's opinion (le coq français) - strikes me not as pejorative but descriptive and evidence of introspection sufficient to know the difference.
Thanks for clarifying. I want to point also that english is not my first language, so I may easily be misunderstood.
i could have said instead of « great on hifi criterias « something as « I am aware that Magico are great speakers and sound very accurate, but I don’t like their kind of presentation or sound signature * .
i prefer for instance Kharma or Sonus Faber. Can we say that Magico are more neutral to Kharma ?
i read too often, on many forums, that Magico, Soulution, CH precision are the most neutral and accurate gear in the market. I don’t agree with that.
I ve heard Soulless on 2 occasions , based on that i wouldn't even qualify it as high end audio , more like regular audio .
Any idea how anybody is gonna determine that other then their own ears and what the manufacturer and reviewers tell them?
There are an enourmous amount of variables regarding audio reproduction / brain / human perception , most likely a lot we don't even know about.
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Tima are you really reviewing ching cheng ?
As taken from your signature : Wires: Shunyata ? PC/SC/IC, ChingCheng PC;
Tima are you really reviewing ching cheng ?
As taken from your signature : Wires: Shunyata ? PC/SC/IC, ChingCheng PC;
We can only hope. People’s signatures are usually an indication of what they like.
Tima are you really reviewing ching cheng ?
As taken from your signature : Wires: Shunyata ? PC/SC/IC, ChingCheng PC;
My system signature shows the gear I have and use.
Below that is a list of equipment currently in-house for review. Other components are in-the-works for review, but I wait until they are in-house to list them.
