I bought the blades. I previously had the kef R105/3 for 25 years, they were the first reference to use the uniq and I can assure everyone the uniq isn't spl limited. I'm pretty sure I ended up back with kef after trying focal, persona, usher be20 dmd's, revel salon 1 and 2's and a few others is because after 25 years with the r105/3's for whatever they did right or wrong they trained my brain so when I tried to change brands something always seemed not quite right, IME depending how much time you've spent with your magico's the A5 will probably sound the most right to you in the long run. The Blades have a borderless soundstage with startling image placement and are really impressive, but if the tone isn't what you're used to I think you'll always be tweaking instead of enjoying. I have a couple great dealers that will let me try their floor demo's at home for a few days and when they don't have what i'm interested in I buy used here and listen as long as I need b4 reselling. Good luck
Steve