Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing?

@aquint I respect your comment as Magicos maybe a good choice for a reviewer to evaluate most aspects of sound reproduction in testing of equipment.  As to listening for pleasure, I demure.  

I mentioned my dislike upon hearing so many of Magicos pre-A and M series speakers.  I never had this problem with Von Schweikert line of speakers from their inception to their current models at all price ranges.  I own the last model VR9 SE Mk2 upgraded.  The nine sophisticated controls on this speaker permit the speaker to be dialed into the room with the treble and mid-range being the more important sonic sectors for placement as the bass is fully adjustable.  My best friend's 3 way VR35 export is a simple speaker with no adjustments (designed to be placed 8" from the rear wall) sounds 75% or more like my speakers and functionally closer.  Are they "colored" speakers?   I would say they are accurate to the recording and never sterile unless the recording is.  With Magicos, I find that their utter neutrality can be a source for boredom.  Perhaps it is because I've heard so many demonstrations using inadequate or non-matching components, etc.  I've used 35 watt Class A/B tube amps to my current Class A Westminster Labs REI solid state amps to derive great pleasure from my speakers.  

In my living room, I have a pair of Legacy original Signature IIIs with rear firing tweeter.  Those speakers are not perfectly neutral either, but for some reason in my room, they are outstanding in capturing the emotion of the recording/performance combined with great dynamics and extended frequency response.  Those are cheap speakers compared to Magicos.  Another best friend is also a known reviewer who uses them for his many recording reviews and occasional equipment reviews on Positive Feedback.  (I have two best friends who are also best friends with each other).  

Magicos are revealing speakers, but that's not a bad thing! It's easy to make a Magico system sound warm by matching it with tubes or warm-sounding SS amplification or, if you're like me, using many analog sources.

IMO, better to have revealing speakers and tone it down with upstream equipment than to have a toned down speaker that isn't able to show when you make an equipment upgrade due to lack of resolution.

All the Magico haters seem to be out in force here. They can’t handle the fact that a speaker like any competent is supposed to add nothing to the sound. Magico corrects all the errors, or most of them, that other loudspeakers have. This intern gives the listener more or what the recording sounds like; a more accurate representation of that recording, good or bad. This is what most haters can’t handle. 

Hiendnmore Magico speakers are superb but you have to match them in the system. Nothing is automatic.Others heard them unmatched so their opinion will not be positive.

@hiendmmoe

That’s the problem because there is a lot of good music poorly recorded and it’s really nice to be able to comfortably listen to it. So this pure accuracy you speak about that magical magico has accomplished may not be the greatest for those who want to be comfortable listening to music.

And then to say that if you don't like how it sounds it's because you have done a poor job matching all the equipment to make it optimal is absurd.  It's a marketing gimmick because there are people out there not happy with it just because they don't own all the precise recommended components you need to make it work properly.  Gosh can you imagine sitting down for a really good meal and saying oh I don't like the main course because all the side dishes have impacted how it tastes to me - this would lead to mass starvation.