The problem with Magicos


Magicos are very expensive, solidly built and heavy however there is one problem which the speaker engineers didnt think of when it came to designing the speakers. The woofers in a Magico generate sound from both the front and the back. The problem is that the sound from the back is obviously contained inside that big solid enclosure and after it has reflected around the box, it becomes NOISE. So now you have generated NOISE inside the box which has to be dealt with. The only way to get rid of that nasty noise is to cut a hole using a drill into the back of the cabinet. The hole will need to be big enough to vent the noise. The noise will then need to be vented somewhere far away from the listening environment as you dont want to be hearing that while the music is playing. 

The reason Magico speakers are not universally liked is because they are NOISY. They have a lot of distortion coming out of them because all that box noise comes straight out the front of the midwoofers along with the music unbeknown to the listener. Some listeners will not tolerate this while others may not even realize its there because their ears aren't very good. Hence Magicos, have their fair share of detractors.

All the best and do not be cheated.
Kenjit
kenjit
I have to appreciate the OPs attempt, but to what end ?. Unless, he can compare speaker A (with his suggestion) to speaker B (like Magico here) and explains everybody the difference, we can try to understand. He is not even mentioning any speaker (or brands) which has configuration to his acceptance and how good (or different) those are compared to Magico. Until then, the quote from dgarretson, still holds good. 
Kenjit...you have avoided answering this question for several months now...what speakers do you own and listen to? Post pictures please.
The strangest thing is that Kenjit isn't a highly paid and renowned audio consultant, seeing how he has these deep technological insights that have yet to be discovered by any of the world's top speaker designers. It's a shame to see such wisdom being cast as pearls before swine on this forum.

And why the fixation on critiquing box speakers? Has he ever demonstrated an awareness of alternatives to the box speaker? I'm not familiar enough to know, but what's with this fetish of harping on the faults of box speakers? Why not move on and try some alternatives? You may find there are so many other engineering compromises for you to pick at, and pick at, and pick at... Expand the horizons, and stop wasting your talents, man.
My speakers don’t have a box. Therefore, using Kenjit’s logic, they have no noise, or noise is distributed evenly such that the “noise” isn’t perceptible to the listener.

Notice that Kenjit did not offer a dimension for the hole in the box. That takes a lot of engineering knowledge to calculate that.

MC: how many holes have you drilled 😂

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