Magico Q3 Review from Hifi News...
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The review and the pic posted below is from the absolute sounds website in the UK:
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Very clean line speakers.....Remins me of Mordaunt Short 6 LE speakers for looks
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Michael...in person they look quite unique with their all aluminum enclosure. There isn't a single visible nut or bolt. The build quality is phenomenal and right up there with the best. The sound...? I have heard the Q5s not the Q3s but I have to assume they are cut from the same sonic cloth and they are very impressive but I just couldn't get pulled into the performance. The Magico speakers are very neutral and it could have been the associated equipment coming through that I did not take to :dunno: They are very impressive on every hifi characteristic that's for sure :yes:
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Cyril did the Midrange of the Q5's have a bit of a "Bright" sonic sound signature or was it more of a flat response?
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Michael...I listened to the Q5 at the Goodwins High End launch of the speaker so it was in a group setting and I rarely got to sit in the sweet spot but having said that as far as I could tell the midrange was breathtakingly transparent and natural sounding. Tonally the entire speaker was very flat. I would not call them bright. The excellent attributes of the speaker when taken individually were probably best I have heard but the sum of the individual traits did not cohere for me into a compelling whole. I can't explain it beyond saying they just did not pull me into the music. Again, it could have been so many things (associated equipment was all Spectral amplification and MIT cabling; could have been group setting did not allow me to completely relax and enjoy the audition; ... :dunno:). I will say I have had the same reaction to the much lesser priced V2 and V3s of a few years ago. So there is just something about the Magico sound that does not pull me in. I always walk away impressed but not in love :D
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I heard the Q3s in a Spectral system at Overture in Delaware. To me, the most impressive track of the day was a Mino Cinelu piece that was primarily percussion with some cool vocals (cool enough that I bought the CD). The vocals, literally, came up the side walls, and the bass was deep and defined. It was a group setting, so listening position was critical, but the Q3s came across as quite a fine product, to me. Since none of the music was anything I was intimately familiar with, it's tough to compare, but I haven't been able to get my Sophias to achieve the "up the wall" vocals from that track.
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Digging up an old thread, but just wondering if anyone knows the crossover frequencies for the Q3? They weren't posted in the Hifi News review & I couldn't find them posted on the net after a quick scan or the Owner's manual. I'm not thinking of jumping ship, just my technical curiosity :cool:
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