Magico A3

It didn’t help that I listened to the S1 MKII’s after the A3’s and there was no comparison. Even the store owner who sat with me for almost 2 hours agreed the S1’s were much more refined. Granted the S1’s cost more, so it shouldn’t be a surprise. It was hard to go back to the A3’s after that. I wish they had something between the S1 and S3. Knowing myself, I would have bought the A3 and then been looking to upgrade to the the S series in the not so distance future, so probably best I didn’t buy.

Seems like the main difference is the diamond coated beryllium tweeter vs the non coated beryllium tweeter. Hard to believe it would that much difference.

Funny you should mention the tweeter. That’s exactly what the store owner pointed out. He also reminded me the S series uses an extruded aluminum cabinet and the A3 does not.  I'm sure the crossovers are using different components as well.

Dont know about that, but from what I heard with the A3 I could find no fault at all but of course in this game there is always something better.  Best of luck with the S1mk2 if you decide to go that route.

isn't the sopra 2 twice as much as the A3? Having had such bad luck buying speakers after being bowled over at the shop to having them fall on their face once home. I demoed the C60 in the same room with the same gear with Jamie helping me select tunes I was smitten with that speaker and he wouldn't let me pursue the purchase! That was feb 2018 and the A3 was due to come out soon and he told me if I was shopping in that range I really needed to wait til the A3 came out b4 I bought any speakers.