DETAILS
PRODUCT Magico A5
ORIGIN USA
TYPE Floorstanding loudspeaker
WEIGHT 82kg
DIMENSIONS (HxWxD) 1137x267x378mm
FEATURES
● 28mm beryllium dome tweeter
● 105mm midrange and 3x 175mm sandwiched-coned bass drivers
● Quoted sensitivity: 88dB/1W/1m (8ohm)
DISTRIBUTOR Absolutesounds. com
WEBSITE magico.net
The last 18 months have seen the plans of many an ambitious company and entrepeneur at worst thwarted or at best thrown into utter disarray by the arrival and refusal to budge of the dreaded COVID. California’s high-end Magico speaker brand is one such enterprise. Back in 2019, they had planned a worldwide tour to showcase numerous new performance technologies in the very large and very expensive M9 flagship. That, of course, never happened thanks to the modern plague. Not to be defeated, Magico took a long, hard look at their schedule and innovated, introducing instead the ‘trickle-down’ of tech to its A series so it ended up happening well in advance of the main event itself. This A5, deemed ‘more affordable’ at a mere £28k, is the 180lb/82kg gorilla of the A range, now unleashed.
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