Having experienced both quite extensively, for my ears where the Magicos excel over the Revel Salon’s is in the openness of the midrange. The Magico opens up a clear window onto the music that can be breathtaking. They are extremely neutral/ flat and ultra revealing because of sheer transparency. The Revels have the ported woofer design and can indeed sound a bit more present in the lower frequencies. The Magico’s sealed enclosure / non-ported woofers yields a little bit less overt presence, but to my ears sound much faster and with superior pitch / timbre definition, although the Revels are marvelous in this regard too. Overall, the Magico is faster and more of a piece imo. I’ve listened to the A5s driven by Gryphon and they are truly wonderful speakers will all the Magico attributes. A technical tour de force given their quite modest footprint. Haven’t heard the A3s but i am sure they deliver much of what I heard from the A5s.
Older Revel vs Newer Magicos
I have an opportunity to get some Revel Studio 2 for about the same price as some used Magico A3’s. I recently heard some Studio 2’s being driven be a 100w Cambridge amp, not sure but, I think it was not an integrated. They sounded pretty special to my old ears. However, I have never heard the Magicos. Has anyone experienced both of these the speakers? And if so, please provide your opinions on them and whether the Studio 2’s should be considered older technology to be avoided.