Dear @erik_squires : " to hear both and if they have a preference, or impression especially in regards to being able to hear the recording space and imaging. "
Your " curiosity " have several problems/obstacles for even Magico owners due that:
- each owner has his personal targets /preferences
- space and imagin mainly depends of each room/system and how well the speaker overall response is integrated to that room : this is the room acoustic treatment.
- Magico M5 design was way different to its today M7 ( more or less similar 4-way and 5 drivers as the M5. ) starting with its new technically optimized drivers as its new crossover design and crossover parts.
I think , but I can be wrong, that we can't mix " apples " with " bananas " or " oranges ".
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.