I admit that I have enjoyed some recordings on Wilson speakers, but generally the smaller speakers sounded better. I've heard big Wilson's from the start decades ago (abysmal) which sounded like 5 boxes of sound, incoherent music. The Sabrina, Alexa were the most recent ones I heard and they sounded good with massive tube power amps (VTLs). I prefer more efficient speakers.
As to Magico, that's where I've heard truly bad sounds. Their Q1 playing Scheherazade sounded about the size of a boombox (not much bigger). I heard the S5 make a guitar sound like a ukelele. I've heard the Q5 sound dark and minimally dynamic with Jadis gear. Otherwise, the better Magico systems I've heard were meh, not musically interesting.
The worst was bringing my wife to her first audio show. She walked out of every Magico system saying that they're uninteresting. She loved the Ultra 11 vonSchweikert. We both loved the Lumenwhite, the Stein audio, Volti and Marten speaker systems. She liked the Harbeth 40.2 a lot. So, these speakers were especially good at presenting a musical/warm sounding tone.
Some people love Magicos and Wilsons. I've never heard the Magicos sound tonally interesting. Smaller Wilsons, better.
As to Magico, that's where I've heard truly bad sounds. Their Q1 playing Scheherazade sounded about the size of a boombox (not much bigger). I heard the S5 make a guitar sound like a ukelele. I've heard the Q5 sound dark and minimally dynamic with Jadis gear. Otherwise, the better Magico systems I've heard were meh, not musically interesting.
The worst was bringing my wife to her first audio show. She walked out of every Magico system saying that they're uninteresting. She loved the Ultra 11 vonSchweikert. We both loved the Lumenwhite, the Stein audio, Volti and Marten speaker systems. She liked the Harbeth 40.2 a lot. So, these speakers were especially good at presenting a musical/warm sounding tone.
Some people love Magicos and Wilsons. I've never heard the Magicos sound tonally interesting. Smaller Wilsons, better.