Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing?

It is true that Magico speakers expose the weakness of gear up the chain. After hearing an incredible demo of them and deciding to purchase them you must be committed to addressing the gear up the chain and your room.

Many audiophiles stretch to buy speakers and then are disappointed when they don't sound like the demo. Well unfortunately it's everything including your room.

I've had the A3's for a couple of years. I'm on my third pair of power amps, 2nd preamplifier, upgraded cables and turntable/cartridge and had a custom diffuser made. 

The sonics are really incredible. I've had people over with 6 times what I have into my rig say they're simply amazed at what my rig sounds like. 

I traveled to NYC a week ago and heard the A5's at a buddy's home. They're incredible! However we all have to guard against wanting bigger speakers! While the A5's are tempting for me, I've built my rig to the point that I don't want to change anything further, I'm not going to build a bigger listening room to accommodate the A5's. I'm extremely happy with the A3's!

My latest power amps are NAT Audio Magma M HPS.

Unless you hear Magico speakers in a dedicated listening room where every detail has been addressed you're probably not going to hear their potential. 

The first time I heard them was at dealership listening room in Chicago. I couldn't believe the amazing sonics from them. That demo was the best I'd ever heard music sound in my life! I was sure we were listening to more than one pair of speakers. I was sure there must have been a sub woofer also. I thought the amplifier had to be a tube amp. None of that was true. It was a Hegel integrated amp, very expensive Transparent cables, no expense spared in room treatments and a laser to help determine exact sweet spot listening position.

I spent years chasing what I heard in that demo and now have it. 

Hearing Magico speakers at a hifi show just isn't going to measure up to what they're capable of. If they sound clinical and dry the set up just isn't correct. 

I spend hours at a time listening to my rig. Sometimes my wife finds me sleeping up there. She wonders how I can fall a sleep with the music so loud? Well, it's me just wanting to hear one more album side or streaming tune because it sounds SO good!

A good buddy who has S7's and VAC 450iQ mono's/matching preamplifier told me that the relationship of amplification and speakers is reversed from long standing traditional thinking regarding Magico speakers. General consensus has been to spend twice on speakers as amplification. With Magico it's the opposite. Spend twice on amplification as what the speakers cost and you'll be on your way to getting it right.

@willyht no doubt! I also greatly enjoyed @deep_333 and @rforddaddyo's takes. 

The Room! Speaker placement to listening position are the cheapest, fastest way to getting there with whatever you've got. I've found matching the triangle set-up by having the speakers exactly the same distance from outer walls and listening position centered between them. Having the speakers as far away from the front wall pays increasing dividends but sometimes, perhaps a lot of times it isn't practical ie: WAF.

I have a 2nd rig that is so old and cheap but I love it when I'm there almost as much as the main rig. 

This morning I spent over an hour readjusting my speakers to get them about 6" further from the front wall. I also rechecked level of the speakers, slope leaning back, distance from the outer wall & sweet spot position. 

I get so much enjoyment out of this rig! Even with tech reconditioning, I think I've got about $750 into it including the Furman power conditioner I just got for it this week.

Do I really need the main rig? No, sometimes I don't know how I got there. But I do know that I love music, albums, streaming, CD's maybe a little bit. Tape is cool but I don't have any. Yeah the main rig is great but wherever I am I seem to enjoy the rig as much as possible...