It's time for bank accounts everywhere to prepare themselves because high-end Californian audio brand Magico has another set of fund-busting floorstanders to tempt you into bankruptcy. The new Magico S5 stereo speakers slot between the S3 and S7 models of Magico's established S Series and retail at around £100,000 per pair, a relatively inexpensive sum when compared with the £450,000 / $375,000 you'd have to pay to get a set of the brand's ultra high-end M7 loudspeakers. We heard the M7 last year and were blown away by their outstanding bass clarity, so let's hope some of that prowess trickled down, or across, to the S5.
The Magico S5 take design inspiration and technology drawn from the company's flagship M Series, with a precisely-tuned cabinet designed to minimise vibrations and add as little unwanted colouration to the sound as possible. That cabinet used a new curved aluminium design for maximised stiffness and further damping, with an arched front baffle aiming for minimal sonic diffraction.
