The problem with Magicos

Just released Magico Q7-PD (pre-drilled).

The problem is people that can not afford the best LOVE to bad rap MAGICO.

If only Alon Wolff had been aware of ported speaker design...

Maybe someone should alert him!

BTW my Magicos sound Killer!

Best, 
-JP

Is the noise measurable? If so, have you measured the noise or have you heard the noise yourself? What model(s) did you hear the noise?

Yes it is measurable. Every model will be affected by it, even Rockports or Wilsons or kef.

Kef has recently discovered this phenomenon and has begun using meta technology to try to eradicate this noise however it is not perfect. Kef metas only eradicate the upper frequencies of this noise. The lower frequencies remain.

But at least it corroborates my claim that this noise is REAL.

Here is what KEF has to say about this NOISE:

With any drive unit, as much sound is generated at the rear of the unit as at the front (see figure 2) and this radiation is unwanted and needs to be absorbed. 

Which is exactly what i have been saying in this post. 

So next time you want to make fun of me, just remember, KEF has corroborated my claim and therefore it is supported by one of the leading speaker companies in the world. 

Vivid audio is another leading company that supports my claim. Here is what they say:

For the listener, the sound produced from the front of the loudspeaker is obviously what matters most. For us as engineers, the issue of the sound coming from the back is just as important. Unless it’s contained or dissipated, it will reflect off the back wall of the cabinet and interfere with the forward radiation, adding unwanted colour and resonance

The real problem with Magico's is that they are designed, built, and priced to appeal to those that buy with their eyeballs and not their ears. I call this the "Bowers and Wilkins approach" and look where B&W is these days. Until a heretofore undiscovered technological breakthrough occurs, all loudspeaker manufacturers relying upon conventional pistonic drivers have to rely upon limited design parameters. Some resort to the tried and true marketing gimmick of futuristic externals. Magico is like the Rolex Oyster Perpetual of loudspeakers; all that marvelous aluminum and bolts construction-"oh my, it is rock solid it must be better". For better or worse, a broad segment of audio consumers think something new about the design might just be the path to the Holy Grail that all others have missed. The case sure looks nice and there is plenty of current ownership cache' but that doesn't make the product any better from an objective standpoint. I have listened to them at length at shows. They are fine loudspeakers. Fine but not all that impressive. At the other end of the design spectrum, AN-E's blew them away for their delicacy, touch, tone, texture, and pure pleasure to this listener. 
Of course the AN-E's that I heard were being driven by top-notch electronics that provided synergy. When I read the post above from some well-meaning person who mated PrimaLuna and Benchmark amps with Magico's I had to cringe. That old rotten chestnut about putting one's money in loudspeakers before source and electronics.....