So. After all the hype and hoopla, I guess you're wondering how Magico's new aluminum-bodied Q5 fared at this year's annual farrago in Vegas. Speaking strictly for myself, I'd have to say the answer to ...

Alongside the Magico Q5, the Maggie MG 1.7--the successor to the speaker I have long considered to be the best buy in high-end audio, the Maggie MG 1.6--was the product I most looked forward to ...

CES Update: The Best Loudspeaker Money Can’t Buy Robert Harley Concept cars are a staple of automobile shows, but concept audio components are a rarity at hi-fi expos. The concept car is meant as a ...

As curious as I am about the Magico Q5 intro--and I'm deadly curious--I've gotta admit that were I restricted to attending just one premier at the upcoming CES, I would have to skip the Q5 ...

If I had a dollar for every time a young person said to me, “I need an inexpensive speaker that doesn’t suck,” I’d have enough money to buy all my under-20-year-old nieces and nephews Paradigm ...

Professional Monitor Company or PMC is the U.K.-based loudspeaker firm that has been internationally heralded for the big active systems it designs for the pro market—systems for film- and sound-recording studios as well as broadcast ...

This year's CES is likely to be unusually exciting for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which is the little number from Magico shown below. If you go to the Magico Web site ...

As I said in my review of the Magico M5s (in Issue 196), the first obligation of a loudspeaker—or, for that matter, any piece of audio gear—is to vanish as a sound source. Thanks to ...

We begin our journey circa 1957, the dawn of the stereo age, with the introduction of the first full-range electrostatic loudspeaker (later known as the ESL-57) by Quad Electroacoustics. Although the principles of electrostatic transducers ...

First, a confession: I generally don’t like big dynamic loudspeakers. To me their chief raisons d’être are loudness and bass. And since I gravitate toward small-scale acoustic music where neither is a necessity, I don’t ...

After many none-too-sutble hints to colleagues Harley and Valin and a few well placed words to Magico marketing guy Irv Gross, I’ve finally received a pair of Magico’s for review–the 2.5-way V2, a floorstander. They ...

There are few things in audio as sweet as the speed and coherence of an impeccably executed two-way compact speaker. At least that’s my view. The reason? Simplicity. Two-ways apply the bare minimum of parts, ...

Back in The Absolute Sound Issue 176, I wrote about a remarkable B&W speaker, the 685. A tiny $650 two-way that I thought raised the bar in its price range, the speaker had an open ...

This press release crossed my desk. I've heard a 7.1-channel Meridian system playing high-res DVD-A (and film soundtracks) and the experience is not to be missed. Meridian and Audio High Partner For Evening of Excellence ...

In the large speaker ranks the name Nola needs little introduction. Open baffle designs like its Baby Grand always attract a great deal of interest. Music is reproduced on such a transparent and impactful scale ...