Rockport Atria II or Magico A5


I'm considering a change from my Focal Kanta 3s and will be auditioning Rockport Atria IIs and Magico A5s soon.  I've heard the Rockports and Magico S3 IIs together,  but not the A5s. Rockports more than held their own.   

Looking for opinions as to how either the Atrias or A5s would pair with my D'Agostino Progression Integrated and M Scaler/Dave   

My space is 15x21x14 ft and I stream Roon almost exclusively.   

My musical tastes are varied - classical, opera, jazz/blues, classic rock, indie  

I listen at moderate volumes and value clear separation between voices, but with a "coherent" sound overall if that makes sense.  This is what the Rockports seemed to achieve moreso than the Magico as I recall.  

Thanks and stay safe.  



128x128cantorgale
@cantorgale   If you ever end up wandering down South, you are more than welcome to take a listen to the Pearls!
As long as I posted an A5 video, someone saw this video and asked if I would make some A5 videos with my Pilium Leonidas, 212 pound, 400 watts/4ohnm integrated amp.  Just did these two quick A5 videos streaming Qobuz.  

All for someone showing some Pearl, Rockport videos etc, not trying to monopolize the conversation but this combination was requested by two different gents, so here ya go.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQVkD5Hwfo&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KE7jGQoCvw&feature=emb_logo
I auditioned both and bought the Rockport.   

Natural sound.

Good luck in your search, 
Jose
Jose,

Congrats on your Rockports? Which model, Atria IIs? Rockports ARE very natural sounding and beautifully made.

Where did you hear the A5’s and the Rockports? I ask as there are not that many A5’s circulating around yet with Covid and dealers doing demos.

Bob
Sorry for posting all of the videos in this post, but yesterday I had 3 people from this thread ask for more A5 videos. Rather than post the videos here if anyone is interested please go to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rhapsody.audio The last four videos are the A5s with the Pilium Elektra DAC and Leonidas integrated streaming with the Taiko Audio Extreme server.

I will bow out now, let’s see some Pearl or Rockport videos:)