Magico A3

[rickca]

Magico A3 will be $10K per pair, a new price point for Magico.  I'm kind of amazed how little CA discussion there is about speakers.

http://magico.net/Marketing/Press_Release_A3.php

[atxkyle]

2 hours ago, rickca said:

Magico A3 will be $10K per pair, a new price point for Magico.  I'm kind of amazed how little CA discussion there is about speakers.

http://magico.net/Marketing/Press_Release_A3.php

Very interesting- will have to add these to my consideration set for next speaker upgrade.

[GUTB]

On 12/26/2017 at 12:00 AM, atxkyle said:

Very interesting- will have to add these to my consideration set for next speaker upgrade.

 

Same here. Good to see a high end speaker manufacturer get into touch with reality.

[pippenainteasy]

Seems like this is meant to face off against the Paradigm Persona 3F?

[AMR/iFi audio]

 

On 30.12.2017 at 11:15 AM, pippenainteasy said:

Seems like this is meant to face off against the Paradigm Persona 3F?

 

... or anything in similar price range.

[pippenainteasy]

9 hours ago, AMR/iFi audio said:

 

 

... or anything in similar price range.

 

By definition. But it looks like it was designed to respond directly to a speaker like the 3F. It's basically the same configuration. A tweeter-woofer "monitor module" sitting on top of a dual driver bass module, same price point, and hitting the 10k price point for a beryllium based speaker.

[AMR/iFi audio]

12 hours ago, pippenainteasy said:

 

By definition. But it looks like it was designed to respond directly to a speaker like the 3F. It's basically the same configuration. A tweeter-woofer "monitor module" sitting on top of a dual driver bass module, same price point, and hitting the 10k price point for a beryllium based speaker.

 

I don't think that latest Magico was made to combat any product in particular. Probably they simply decided that it's time for them to introduce more affordable range, that they're ready, all numbers add up and... that's it. YMMV, though.

[gdpr]

I tend to believe that they have to make far more use of all the machines they have investments in to work on their aluminium speaker housings, in order to keep up their profits.

 

I also believe that the name A3 is not arbitrarily chosen, as the concept is exactly the same as the original V3's (that I have).

They are replacing the wooden housing by an aluminium one, make use of their latest speakers (and probably need to adapt the filters as well), but the resemblance is quite clear.

 

Dirk

[AMR/iFi audio]

Just now, ddetaey said:

I tend to believe that they have to make far more use of all the machines they have investments in to work on their aluminium speaker housings, in order to keep up their profits.

 

I also believe that the name A3 is not arbitrarily chosen, as the concept is exactly the same as the original V3's (that I have).

They are replacing the wooden housing by an aluminium one, make use of their latest speakers (and probably need to adapt the filters as well), but the resemblance is quite clear.

 

Dirk

 

Yes, to use one's own proprietary tech, introduce more affordable goods and be present on the market in general is a smart thing to do.

[rwwjr44]

On 1/2/2018 at 6:19 PM, ddetaey said:

I tend to believe that they have to make far more use of all the machines they have investments in to work on their aluminium speaker housings, in order to keep up their profits.

 

I also believe that the name A3 is not arbitrarily chosen, as the concept is exactly the same as the original V3's (that I have).

They are replacing the wooden housing by an aluminium one, make use of their latest speakers (and probably need to adapt the filters as well), but the resemblance is quite clear.

 

Dirk

I read (in one of the audio mags) that the housings were outsourced due to cost. http://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/product-debuts/magico-a3-december-2017/737-magico-a3-loudspeaker-the-concept. The statement is a bit ambiguous but...

[AMR/iFi audio]

6 hours ago, rwwjr44 said:

I read (in one of the audio mags) that the housings were outsourced due to cost. http://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/product-debuts/magico-a3-december-2017/737-magico-a3-loudspeaker-the-concept. The statement is a bit ambiguous but...

 

The A3 price tag indicates clearly that Magico aims to sell a lot of these speakers. Hence if another highly specialized company is able to do the job flawlessly for Magico and for a reasonable price if an order is big enough, this makes sense.