Magico M9 >>>>Fulfillment

[PeterA]

At the Magico factory demo room

Thanks. That is a very nice room. I enjoyed a tour of the factory a few years ago. Very friendly folks.

 

[PeterA]

I share your commentary - simply absolutely stunning and exhilarating. An incredible feat of engineering. As you said, they disappear like nothing I have ever heard - ever.

They are as close to real life as one could imagine with unbelievable dynamics and simply amazing sound staging and air about the instruments and vocals. And I agree - the addition of a sub would not even be a consideration, particularly for fear of smearing the perfect tonal balance they present. The bass is so very deep, tight and responsive - amazing.

You always hear folks describing how they hear things they hadn't heard before - and I've said the same, but until you hear the M9's, those words were meaningless... these things extract so much nuance and detail.

I agree, these are clearly "the" new reference. Period. The MSB Select DAC and Taiko Audio SGM Extreme are a perfect match for this caliber of equipment.

That's an interesting comment about sub woofers as on another WBF thread, there seems a general consensus that the best flagship speakers all have massive separate bass towers. I wonder if anyone visiting Magico and hearing these M9s has asked for the Q subs to be turned on during the demo or if Magico is designing new M subs.

I have never heard the MSB Select DAC or the Taiko streamer, but I have always wanted to hear statement speakers with a top analog front end. Alon is a vinyl guy and used to have a turntable in that demo room, but I guess he took it out. I actually wonder what SOTA turntable he would want to use with his flagship statement creation: vintage or current? Perhaps he prefers digital now.

 

[David David]

I heard them at the Magico factory demo room.

Maybe you have any photos from those place? It's would be interesting to see M9 with Pilium and MSB gear.

 

[MadFloyd]

That's an interesting comment about sub woofers as on another WBF thread, there seems a general consensus that the best flagship speakers all have massive separate bass towers. I wonder if anyone visiting Magico and hearing these M9s has asked for the Q subs to be turned on during the demo or if Magico is designing new M subs.

I have never heard the MSB Select DAC or the Taiko streamer, but I have always wanted to hear statement speakers with a top analog front end. Alon is a vinyl guy and used to have a turntable in that demo room, but I guess he took it out. I actually wonder what SOTA turntable he would want to use with his flagship statement creation: vintage or current? Perhaps he prefers digital now.

I was under the impression that Alon has always preferred digital.

 

[marty]

I heard them at the Magico factory demo room.

Interesting. That says a lot about their choice of amplifier, which they must consider to be "worthy" of the speaker.

 

[Kingsrule]

Interesting. That says a lot about their choice of amplifier, which they must consider to be "worthy" of the speaker.

Probably they were sent them to try....

 

[matakana]

Probably "Bob the builder" pushing them!

 

[Rhapsody]

Probably "Bob the builder" pushing them!

I don't have to push them, all one has to do is take a listen. Besides they are too heavy to push

 

[LL21]

I decided to get the Q Subs because they are the perfect match for the Q7 MK II's. The speakers sound more relaxed, the bass goes deeper and sounds more powerful and the imaging and resolution also improve. I am very happy with the addition of the Q-subs. As good as the Q7 MK II's are, the subs make a pretty noticeable improvement.

Thank you! Good to know.

 

[V-Squared]

I share your commentary - simply absolutely stunning and exhilarating. An incredible feat of engineering. As you said, they disappear like nothing I have ever heard - ever.

They are as close to real life as one could imagine with unbelievable dynamics and simply amazing sound staging and air about the instruments and vocals. And I agree - the addition of a sub would not even be a consideration, particularly for fear of smearing the perfect tonal balance they present. The bass is so very deep, tight and responsive - amazing.

You always hear folks describing how they hear things they hadn't heard before - and I've said the same, but until you hear the M9's, those words were meaningless... these things extract so much nuance and detail.

I agree, these are clearly "the" new reference. Period. The MSB Select DAC and Taiko Audio SGM Extreme are a perfect match for this caliber of equipment.

Update:

I had an opportunity to hear the system again today, after the Taiko Audio USB card upgraded, and even though it only had about a day of burn in, it just ceases to amaze me how the improvements just keep on going with this system. You'd think it would reach a limit, but it doesn't!

I have had the privilege of hearing the M9's at various stages of development, starting at the end of last June, which was impressive, but nothing like it is now. I was listening to a live jazz recording - one of those with lots of spaciousness, where you hear silverware clacking on plates as the crowd enjoys a meal at a jazz club - it's realistically startling, with so much ambience... you just feel like you are immersed in a live venue, right up and close to the artists. My take on the new SGM USB card was that it further helped make the female vocals even more palatable and smooth, and once again, it opened up the soundstage even further. I can't wait to hear it after full burn in.

I think the thing that stuns me the most, in addition to the speakers "completely" disappearing, is in the smoothness of the 6 drivers - how they blend so beautifully as a whole, and truly make it seem like a live venue. Combined with an immense sound stage, and what seems to be an effortless presentation, your mind plays games with you, making you really think you are "there."

Then I came home... ... oh well, at least I found that the Taiko USB card had been delivered today, so I'm looking forward to that experience in my system.

 

[SeagoatLeo]

I've heard many speakers utterly disappear, generally monitors with dual drivers. It is far more difficult for a multi-driver, full range speaker to do the same. The Von Schweikert Ultra 11s did that for me. They're less than half the Magico M9 price. The Ultra 9s are the largest speaker I need at $200K so the M9s would probably be too large as well. Glad you enjoy your music.

 

[Rhapsody]

I appreciate that this is the creator of the M9s.......

 

[HenryD]

I appreciate that this is the creator of the M9s.......

And the A5

 

[Rhapsody]

The M9 being measured from 360 degrees by the Klippel NFS (Near Field Scanner)

 

[Gregadd]

My point has always been at geese prices the speakers are exactly what they should be.

 

[Rhapsody]

Initial TAS article by Wayne Garcia, from TAS. Alon is now doing demos with the M9s so there will be additional articles available in the future.

A Long Time Coming: A Sneak Preview of Magico’s Magnificent M9 - The Absolute Sound

A Long Time Coming: A Sneak Preview of Magico’s Magnificent M9 - Over the 15 or so years since founding his company, Wolf has created an ongoing series of loudspeakers that are arguably better than, as well as quite different from, any others over this time span.

www.theabsolutesound.com

 

[Bobvin]

Oh yeah baby! I have a trip down to visit Alon on the 29th of this month to hear these bad boys with all that glorious Pilium gear.

Now where is that "wipe drool off my face" emoji?

 

[matakana]

Oh yeah baby! I have a trip down to visit Alon on the 29th of this month to hear these bad boys with all that glorious Pilium gear.

Now where is that "wipe drool off my face" emoji?

You might want to take a bottle of that snake oil stuff with you Bob! lol

 

[PeterA]

Great photograph. Thank you for posting Bob. It looks like there are a lot of new diffusion panels on the side walls. I don’t remember those when I went to visit a number of years ago. It’s an incredible room and extremely quiet.

It’s very interesting to see those steel plates under the amps right on the floor. I like their approach to racks and platforms with the heavy steel mass loading.

 

[Rhapsody]

A little glimpse of Taiko Extreme>>>MSB Select II>>>Pilium Alexander>>>Magico MXO crossover>>>Piilium four Hercules monos>>>M9s