New Magico speaker..........The S1

[KKF1]

Finish options are the same as for S5.

[Masterlu]

marsalis... Welcome!

[rthomeint]

I listen to the S1 yesterday and was told the high gloss automotive finishes are a $2600.00 premium over the standard price. I saw the dealer color samples the high gloss look great. The dealer had the the S5 in blue and I took the color sample to the speaker and looked. I didn't see any variation in color.

[raidho]

Hi rthomeint,

Magico have a "Ral" from 12 colors: 6 normal & 6 special but the price difference is very high for the quality of the finished offer....


with a "piano black" or so like that you can see a big difference but on the almost others save your money!!!!

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[raidho]

sorry Rob,

and what your impression about the sound performance from the S1?

thx

Originally Posted by raidho

sorry Rob,

and what your impression about the sound performance from the S1?

thx

I know a pair of speakers which would kill the S1's, and they may be up for grabs

[Dafos]

So what speaker would this be?

Originally Posted by Dafos

So what speaker would this be?

I'll give you a hint, you're looking at it somewhere on this page

[frequentflyer]

Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

I'll give you a hint, you're looking at it somewhere on this page

Speakers: Marten Coltrane Alto's

[rthomeint]

Originally Posted by raidho

sorry Rob,

and what your impression about the sound performance from the S1?

thx

I was slightly underwhelmed. The highs were good, not bright or lean sounding. The mids very nice but not magic. I thought they did a good job with vocals. The biggest problem I have with this speaker is it is a $13,000 floor standing mini monitor. I brought CDs that had well defined bass. I want to see how low the speaker could go and it was not well defined below the mid thirties I would say. You see how hard that woofers were working to get there. I didn't push the speaker beyond the 90 db and that speaker was working hard. The dealer said you cannot blast this speaker at high levels. I think they need a bigger woofer. The other problem I have with these speakers is in that set up they didn't have a good sense of acoustical space. I did not hear the ambiance of the space on the CDs I played. I was told that the room sounded bad intentionally so I have to take the dealer's word on that. But that is the biggest thing bothered me. The setup was a Plinus Hiato integrated amp, a Primare CD32 player and Nordost cables. I want to take a listen again with different equipment to see if the are better than I think now. At the price with the high gloss finish you are in Wilson Sophia range then which at this point I like better. I am trying to keep an open mind about this.