I don't find it the least bit surprising that Paradigm can make a speaker as good as magico for a lot less money. I'd be surprised if they couldn't. They're a bigger company with more knowledge and experience. Since they've always built to more moderate price points they've been experimenting for decades with making the right compromises to get the best performance for the money. Lots of more mainstream companies have experimented with making higher end stuff and have been successful creating high performing products but not as successful selling them. A person who wants to drop 50k on speakers doesn't want them saying Paradigm or Polk or something. They want something people haven't heard of and they want there to be a lot to talk about.
I wish Paradigm the best here but I won't be surprised if in a few years you can buy these online for an obscenely low price because they couldn't get high end buyers interested. Vanity is a huge part of the reason very high end stuff exists.
I wish Paradigm the best here but I won't be surprised if in a few years you can buy these online for an obscenely low price because they couldn't get high end buyers interested. Vanity is a huge part of the reason very high end stuff exists.