Magico Comparison

Compering the above mentioned brands to Magico is like comparing 80’s American cars to current German ones.
The comments you often see on hi-fi forum toward Magico reflects the sad state of the high-end industry today. Here you have a truly innovative company, a rarity in the hi-end, being criticize constantly by closed minded, ill-informed, outdated crowd. In what industry “weekend hobbyists” stuffing off-the-shelve parts in a box, can be compared to a SOTA organization with a full R&D department and manufacturing capabilities? Instead of cheering the fact that someone is still willing to invest in R&D for this dying industry, something that potently can benefit all audiophiles, they go out of their way to rant about it. I understand that people are not happy with Magico pricing, but I don’t see Chevy owners trash Ferrari just because they can’t afford them. Unbelievable.

Sorry Charles, it is the 21st century, and the world is no longer flat. Building loudspeakers is a science. Science is about facts, not opinions. If it is better, it is simply better, not just different. Now if you don't like better, that's a whole nother story...

Finally, a reasonable post, thank you Larry.
Yes, there are handful of other brands that do offer better performance than the average high-end product, but they are few and far between (Vivid is indeed one of them). However, since you mentioned Toole, let me point out that in blind testing, people opinions become much more predictable. Therefore in a control environment it will be easy to determine which is a better product. and if people will buy strictly on sound, we will have fewer brands around.