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What is your experience with Magico A3 or A5 speakers and the company as a whole?

Just auditioned a pair of Magico A3 and A5 speakers to replace my 20 year old B&W 802D (1st gen diamond).

Does anyone have any experience with either of these speakers since they are not cheap.

Also, not familiar with Magico as a company. Are they reputable, how is their customer service if you have an issue, etc. My electronics are PSaudio, and their customer service is 2nd to none.

Also, how safe is it to have a Beryllium tweeted in my home. I heard that if it breaks it is very dangerous to inhale any dust particles. For instance, Focal Sopra 3 put a metal cage around their Beryllium tweeter to keep probing fingers away from it. But the Magico speaker, it is unprotected. Heck, even the speaker does not come with a dust cover.

Please, any thoughts......and suggestions

 

 

onehorsepony
hk_fan
627 posts
 

You should listen to Rockport if possible.  If you’re in the southeast you could come listen to mine.

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maxwave
1,074 posts
 

In the price range of Magico A5 ; you may look at Audiovector R6 Arreté.

Two fireing down woofers ; two front 6 inchs midrange ; one 3 inchs rear midrange ; and one

AMT tweeter

 

One pair for sale on Canuck Audio Mart  USA

sounds_real_audio
1,095 posts
 

They seem cold and heartless. How do they sound to you?

soix
11,230 posts
 

Here are some speakers around that price range that are all very natural sounding and none have beryllium tweeters if that’s a real concern…

  • Vandersteen Treo/Quatro
  • ProAc D48/K3/K6
  • Joseph Audio Perspective 2
  • Usher TD-10/TD-20
  • QLN Prestige 5

Best of luck. 

rman9
138 posts
 

@onehorsepony I have had the A3s and moved to the A5s and I am happy with them. I am driving the A5's with Burmester equipment. The A3s were nice but I wanted a more hefty pair.

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