Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX

I auditioned the A3s (associated electronics were Lyngdorf integrated and very high end cables) in my search for a new pair of speakers. I found them to sound dark, closed in, lacking air and sense of space, with boomy bass. They lacked life and I just couldn’t get into the music.

 

That's pretty close to my experience when I auditioned them as well.

 

When I demoed the Magico A3s, for a long period in a good room with good amplification, one of the main off-putting aspects to me was a lack of dynamic life.  They were the epitome of the audiophile speaker that disappears, has excellent tone and detail, but just did that sort of leaving the musicians "sitting there" behind the speakers in a 3D way but without the sense of dynamic excitement.


I came home and played the same tracks on my Thiel 2.7s, which are lower sensitivity and hooked up to lower powered amps than the Magico were, and the sound that was flat on the Magicos leapt to dynamic life on the Thiels.   



FWIW...which isn't too much as it's only one guy's experience.