Does anyone do off-axis listening as well as Magicos?
Speaking of expensive speakers in bad environments, one thing I've heard Magico's do superbly in several environments is have great off-axis sound stage and imaging. Quite musical and lively.
Who else of current makers does as good of a job??
Eric, Revel speakers have some of the best off axis measurements in the industry regardless of cost. They blend their driver intergration better than most too.
I have been listening off-axis for more then 35 years. As ozzy62 said most horns do have good off-axis response. My speakers are not current, they are 37 years old and have 100x100 degree V and H dispersion. As has been said, Ohms also have good off-axis response. example: Ohm model F. Never listened to Magico's so cannot comment regarding. The most current I have listened to are the JBL M-2 monitors Mike :-)
Been a life- long on axis guy. Just got a pair of Tekton 2-10 Perfect Sets and they are better off axis. Toed in only slightly. Incredible soundstage and accuracy.
The champs of off-axis listening are the various Ohm Walsh speakers. I own a pair and speak from experience. They have to be heard to be believed! Ability to fill a room with 3-D imaging from any spot. Uncanny! If they cost 10X as much audio snobs would love them!
definitely not everybody's idea of high-fidelity, but the bose SR-1 Cinemate was just about the only speaker system [other than the maggie tympani III] i've ever heard that could present a wide and uniform stereo image no matter where one sit or stood in the listening room.
Every speaker that I heard with the tweeter placed on top of the midrange seemed to sound good from many listening positions. The best being the KEF Blade.
Years ago I had a pair of Totem Model One Signatures driven by Simaudio i7 integrated. Obviously a smaller system than Magico but imaging, on and off axis, was phenomenal.
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