MAGICO A1 Reveal, Unboxing, and Listening - Brooks Berdan Ltd.

[@mantosof]

I can see someone in a small room wanting his "End game" bookshelves and buying these. They will NOT however play them with $50,000 worth of electronics as shown in this video. I hate when reviewers do this. Play the speakers with associated equipment that is likely at that price. I saw another video of LS50s being played with PASS LABS monoblocks...give me a break!

[@peace-yv4qd]

Shooting for the A-3 possibly late next year. Fingers crossed. Used would be my first choice based on dollar for dollar value. Thanks for the videos.

[@epi2045]

Heard these at Apoxna ‘23 and holy smokes they sounded amazing. I didn’t want to like them because of the price but I could not deny they are certainly next level.

[@mikeunivers]

Magico speakers are the apple of speakers 😁

[@klaymoon1]

Nice video. What's the stand you are using with A1? Love to order a pair of those stands. Thanks!

[@scottt3798]

I owned the A3's and I wasn't impressed. As I don't have a Magico dealer near me I had the A3's shipped from a dealer in Texas. When I called the dealer and told him I wasn't happy with the sound he wanted me to try them with the special Magico footers designed specifically for the A3's. 1500 dollars later, still not impressed. I tried the A3's with several amps which had plenty of power including a Hegel H590 & Wyred4Sound SX1000R mono-blocks with a great preamp, still not impressed. I also tried using different high-end interconnects and speaker cables with no improvement. The sound of the A3's wasn't bad, it's just that they were kind of polite and laid-back sounding, nothing special - and for the price they should be special. Maybe Magico toned the sound of the A3's down a little so they wouldn't compete too much with their more expensive models, just speculation. Anyway, with the rave reviews for the A3's (not to mention the cost) I kept thinking there must be some limitation with my system or maybe my ears. I eventually sold the A3's with two lessons learned. 1) Never use a dealer that doesn't have a great return and customer satisfaction policy. 2) More money does not always equal a better product. I hope this information saves someone some time and money, I know I'm much more careful now. Oh, and as for my ears, I've been very happy with the sound of the Zu Druid Mk5's I'm using now along with the M&K 950 series speakers I have in my HT system.

[@fanlaz959]

Hey, thats a real dead honest review...

[@allannavarra113]

Audition first

[@DDSRacer01]

I’m about to purchase a pair of A5’s. I haven’t been able to audition them because the dealer I’m buying them from is out of state (I’m too lazy to fly out there). I don’t believe they are nothing like the A3’s but just curious if you have anything good or bad to say about them. Thx for your review!

[@ousi00]

I had the A3. Those are very honest speakers without any emphasis on mid-range or any other range, which people usually regard it as dull. The bass in particular sounds lean but is actually accurate IMO, very different than ported MDF box speakers with some bass bloom like old tube amps/old vinyl records. Some people don't like this (lack-of) sound signature, but I do find them natural sounding with Nagra Classic Preamp + Amp stack. Hegel is very bright sounding in my opinion for the ones I tried, and W4S power amps don't have good high end and with recessed mid-range (typical B&O ICE signature). The speaker is likely showing the amplification weakness as far as I can tell. No, cable cannot fix that unfortunately as those can only be used for fine-tuning. I bet it will play quite nice with Pass Labs X series (class AB) amps. Anyway, I then sold the A3 when I moved to a smaller listening space (wife banished my hi-fi system from living room to my study room; and no the Nagra stack good look doesn't help). I now have a pair of Raidho XT2 which sounds very lively but I sometimes wonder if I should actually give the Magico A1 (1 level down) or S1 a try. Maybe after I got the Spectral preamp + power amp in Jan I might consider changing out the speakers to Magico.

[@jamestartaglia7686]

Wow sounds 👍 great

[@BrooksBerdanLtd]

Thank you ! You should hear them in person !

[@Michael-xz1nk]

$2,600 less than the little Wilson but still pricey for most of us. Nonetheless , I appreciate your efforts showing us new, cool gear.

[@utubecomment21]

I wish acoustics worked on parameters of the depth of one's pocket, but they don't! Stick one commercial/store bought speak in a thousand different acoustic environments (lets call them rooms) and you'll get a thousand different frequency responses. The quicker people realise that, instead of buying garbage like the above, the better off they'll be!

[@Michael-xz1nk]

Very insightful comment.....

[@hitechburg]

What stands are you using and how much are they?

[@boseandfriends9284]

Good stuff

[@respondent5226]

Hi sir What are the best bookshelf speakers you've ever heard?

[@peterkuntz6076]

What is the frequency response (-3 db points)? This info is not on the company's website

[@super-z8943]

Magico uses different parameters for measuring the -3dB point. Check any good website that tests speakers and you will realize that magico speakers claiming -3dB at say 35Hz has considerably different response than xyz brand claiming the same. Real strength of sealed speakers are -6dB and -10dB levels but sadly Magico doesn't state those.

[@dougg1075]

84db

[@chrisselner5005]

Kevin deals arch nemesis. I'm writing the pilot as we speak.

[@briancampbell7712]

Woofer driver is to stiff and it sounds stiff...I don't even think if they were broke in it would help.

[@00bikeboy]

What's the best value in Magico's line?

[@jordesign]

I would say the A3 is best value.

[@00bikeboy]

@@jordesign Thank you.

[@cpreal21]

If you want used, look at the V3. I love mine!

[@johnratcliffe6438]

$7400 for bookshelf speakers - WTF? That price is insane...

[@nguyenchienthang70]

Actually the price is $8600 now

[@lucc7116]

So why u in here anyways,u gotta understand that this is the best of the best

[@johnratcliffe6438]

@@lucc7116 All I know is the price is crazy.

[@lucc7116]

@@johnratcliffe6438 what about bugatti and koenigsegg?

[@mzondi1970]

@@johnratcliffe6438 people that buy these are a little bit of cut above the rest when it comes to their music. I don't have nothing this extravagant but I have the best that I can afford. If I had the money I would definitely have a set these don't sound like bookshelf speakers when you hear them in person

[@DDSRacer01]

7k for an “affordable” bookshelf? I can’t even say that with a straight face.

[@tangojim]

Sounded ok, heard much better speaker demos for much less dollars.

[@tkbearyip7843]

Now a day , affordable speakers is 10000.00$ dollars, no wonder this Hobby is fading

[@billdunn8542]

Ted Yip if you think this hobby is fading, your point of reference is way off kilter. Affordable audio has never offered so much for so little. High end audio never better. The real problem is that the middle class is being systematically destroyed by the Oligarchs wannabes who are taking over America.

[@BrooksBerdanLtd]

We think that affordable high end, luxury audio can be had for under $5000 for a complete system. Bill is right, more and more people are flocking back to music systems.

[@willmac5642]

Fading? Not sure about that. At least with 'affordable highend' speakers and more audiophile 'one box' streaming solutions coming on market. Admittedly some of the traditional brands havent kept up.

[@hushpuppykl]

Ted Yip ... people are still buying speakers that costs 5-10 times more than the price of these. So what’s fading? Fact is uber high end hifi still sells.

[@peace-yv4qd]

This is the best time in the history of HI-FI. More choices and higher end that is available for first time to the masses. Five thousand bucks can give you a killer setup.

[@respondent5226]

Pls compare A3

[@philipgardiner2003]

Computer simulization…oooo

[@SuperEightOneEight]

elan m magico....brothers arms//

[@MrRad21]

Did you say computer simulization? You mean simulation my friend.

[@kmd88412]

Thank you, Bob, You are Right.

[@frankieknuckles9610]

Magico smagico ill stick with my elacs unless of course I hit tonight's Powerball.

[@toddm9957]

Affordable lol not for a carpenter!

[@Alex-dn5hi]

7k 🤣

[@jc51373]

awful bright sounding speakers. Nice build if you like getting your ears gutted.