09-Feb-2018, 10:51
I thought the Magico A3 at last night's KJ event were very impressive. They played a variety of tracks from a server with DCS and D'Agostino equipment. They are definitely a full range speaker - a really big soundstage, great bass.
I thought perhaps they were a bit 'thinner' sounding than my S3, but very little in it really. Alon Wolf stated that the S1 is still a better speaker than the A3, has better drive units and crossover. He said that if you want refinement you should get an S1, but if you want a more full range speaker, then the A3 is what you should get.
I think if I were in the market for a speaker now I'd just buy the A3 over equivalents from Sonus Faber, B&W, ML etc but all of the first large batch of A3 sold out in 2 days apparently, and there won't be any more for 5 months.
I don't think anyone would be unhappy with the A3, I couldn't really hear anything to criticise at all.
I thought perhaps they were a bit 'thinner' sounding than my S3, but very little in it really. Alon Wolf stated that the S1 is still a better speaker than the A3, has better drive units and crossover. He said that if you want refinement you should get an S1, but if you want a more full range speaker, then the A3 is what you should get.
I think if I were in the market for a speaker now I'd just buy the A3 over equivalents from Sonus Faber, B&W, ML etc but all of the first large batch of A3 sold out in 2 days apparently, and there won't be any more for 5 months.
I don't think anyone would be unhappy with the A3, I couldn't really hear anything to criticise at all.
Devialet D400, Magico S3, Crystal Cable Dreamline Plus, Aurender N100H, PS Audio Premier, QNAP NAS
