My Linkwitz 521.4: I recently visited the Magico factory in Hayward and heard their flagship speakers costing 15x. The sound was magnificent, but the presentation took place in their "concert hall" sized listening room. Once at home, I listened to the same track (Fanfare for the Common Man) in my living room (15 x smaller than the Magico place) - and liked it better. The Linkwitz speakers have that uncanny ability to create a phantom venue that makes you feel being there, the studio, the club, or the concert hall. For the latter, the Magicos made me feel sitting in the middle of the first five rows, while at home I listened from somewhere behind row 20, but not less realistic. I think, for orchestral music it will boil down to listening preference - and $$$.
