Magico M7 2023
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Yes, interesting to see that.
BTW do WBF members know how many pairs of M9 were sold in N Am?
In Hong Kong there was only one pair and the HK dealer sold 3 pairs to Mainland China too.
half the price, they would sell 3 - 4 times as many. law of ever diminishing sales.
Just saw this at the Magico site:
https://www.magicoaudio.com/news/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-magico-m7
https://www.magicoaudio.com/news/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-magico-m7
Interesting. I saw 5’ the first time. I wonder where you got 5”
It’s actually 5’5”. I noticed because it’s my height.
Now it is. But I'm 100% certain as I would swear on the life of all my family members that it was always 5'. And this is at the time when I posted the link, before you read it.
Regardless, it is silly to write 5' high, 22" deep, 15" wide as it makes it prone for people to misread it as 5" high. They should have either put down 5'5" high or just write 65" as they've changed it to.
Rhapsody sold our first pair of M7s. We have another customer that is supposed to order before the end of the year as well.
The customer's M7s will be partnered with a Pilium Olympus and Zeus. That's in addition to the pair that we purchased for the Brooklyn showroom, that will also be driven with a Pilium Olympus and Zeus stereo amplifier.
Also just ordered another pair of M7 as we have another customer that is supposed to order soon. That's 3 pairs of M7s for Magico from just one dealer.
The customer's M7s will be partnered with a Pilium Olympus and Zeus. That's in addition to the pair that we purchased for the Brooklyn showroom, that will also be driven with a Pilium Olympus and Zeus stereo amplifier.
Also just ordered another pair of M7 as we have another customer that is supposed to order soon. That's 3 pairs of M7s for Magico from just one dealer.
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There's a giant chasm in philosophic and thus real world differences between the M7 and XVX loudspeakers. Magico has always had a "my way or the highway" approach to their sound whereby no user adjustments are possible to suit the user's environment. On the other hand Wilson allows for modest customization of the sound with user replaceable resistors for some key drivers (i.e. tweeter). If your room has all glass windows or heavy drapery, do you think all speakers will sound their best in those very disparate environments? Magico simply doesn't seem to care or offer any flexibility for sonic adjustment depending on the environment. I'm sure Magico's sound wonderful in their lab and listening space, but what if your space is not their space? I would have hard time buying speakers for 400K that didn't offer any user options for fine-tuning the speaker's sound in my particular room. The flexibility that Wilson, and others provide for real world optimization of the sound in any given room is an asset that seems very advantageous to me. "You pays yer money and you takes yer choice" as Paul Heath once told me many decades ago.
Marty, why don't you come over to Rhapsody for a listen after we have the M7s installed in a non treated room sometime in Q1/24 and see if your assertion that Magicos only sound good in the Magico showroom is valid?
Yes Bob, but you are THE dealer. Congratulations. Sight seen, but sound unheard. Are these customers upgrading from smaller Magico‘s or different brands?
If cost is no barrier, why not. One always wants the latest and greatest.
They're obviously great
No need to listen if you know the Magico sound ( I guess )
Thx Peter. The customer that has already placed the M7 order has M2s but is keeping them for another room or going to sell them by himself. The other has another pair of older "other brand" of speakers and is building a new listening room. The second deal is not a done deal yet, but probably will happen.
Yes, me as well, but then for me who has now paid the deposit for three pair of M7s as a dealer is different than a customer.
There are several pairs of M7 shipping and being installed in Asia in December. All of the first M7 customers around the globe have purchased the M7s without first hearing them.
I have probably sold 25+ pairs of large scale speakers in the past to customers prior to them hearing them. It happens all the time. I've never sold a pair of large scale speakers and the customers did not like them. They usually have a pretty good idea about a brand and have a good idea what to expect from listening or owning speakers from the brand they are buying to feel comfortable making their purchase.
Also even if someone hears a speaker at a dealer or at a show, they have an idea what it will sound like in their room, but really the speakers they heard at a show or dealer will sound totally different in their room, especially the bass and with their power, electronics, cables etc.
I never will sell a speaker to a customer before first understanding their room and their system and I have a pretty good idea after buying and installing a few hundred speakers/systems over the last 50 years whether there will be any non-treatable issues.
