q3 magico

it's too early, some reviews spend months with speakers before reviewing them. Also many of the mags just reviewed the Q5 before the Q3 came out.

"I would want a reviewer to compare its performance to more expensive designs, not lower cost product(s). What is the sense in that? The Contriva Diacera is a more expensive than the Q3 and that comparison makes more sense to Magico IMO."

I believe he just compared the Magico to the Tidal because that is the last speaker he had in his room. He did the same thing when he compared the B&W 803diamond to the Tidal.

Usermanual,

"I was simply impressed that a reviewer will stick his neck out so far and say it as he hears it"

I have to agree, Ultra Audio and Soundstage! are the only review publications I trust at all these days. I have heard a number of speakers they have reviewed and I tend to agree with them on almost every point. You also have to commend them on using the "National Research Council of Canada" to measure some of the speakers they review.