Interesting Magico news

"Big money doesn't equal great sound". Unfortunately.

They are now using a ’polymer’ sub-enclosure in their S5 MK 11 - for the ’critical’ midrange
driver no less.
Isn’t this similar to what Wilson Audio has been using for years?
Curious.

There is a difference between building the entire cabinet from a polymer, a very damp material, not suitable for optimal bass and highs enclosure and drivers coupling, and using it as an internal midrange enclosures, which a polymer damping characteristic is ideal for.

Without precisely addressing the "damping" properties of their 
polymer sub enclosure-- as the 
"specs" of the polymer are unknown to me-- I feel the shape of the
sub enclosure is of more benefit in breaking up other backwaves in 
the overall cabinet enclosure, rather than benefiting the elimination of the 
mid range backwave. Here is a paragraph from a piece done by Doug Blackburn
which I find appropriate and succint;
" Undamped backwave energy can bounce around inside the speaker several times, eventually hitting the back of the driver’s cone again. When the backwave hits the back of the cone, the cone radiates some of that sound into the room as distortion. The backwave sound is delayed and decorellated. It is no longer related to the sound on the original recording; it has become distortion. The delayed backwave sound did not exist in the original recording, and this makes it distortion."
The laws of physics are what make cones radiate the same amount of 
sound to the rear as well as the front.
Perhaps Magico has a magic stuffing material?
Where does that energy go?

Another interesting Magico thing (to me anyway) is the Magico factory pic I saw in a mag someplace that clearly shows an inexpensive QSC GX3 pro power amp sitting there…I love mine for concert gigs (monitor amp usually), and can assume Magico loves theirs…it cost me around 200 bucks new (Guitar Center price matching score). I don't recommend these for home audio as the fan noise is somewhat intrusive, but if you want 300 plus watts per side in a 30 pound amp, there ya go.