Originally Posted by
grumpy
The Magico's (V3?), for instance, sounded absolutely wonderful to me while they were playing
some Wurlitzer-like tunes, ... they put me in a large hall (or roller rink) with reasonable
believability. Honestly, I don't even recall if Doug was even in the room at that point.
Other material? not so much. I'd want to hear something I was very familiar with before
praising or dumping on someone's effort, but I did not press for that opportunity.
(FWIW, the V3 system was $25K/pair in 2007)
I guess my point is I would claim one person's "ooh+meh" and another's "ack-ack-ACKK-ACKK!!!"*
are reconcilable opinions, given personal sensitivities, audio priorities, etc...
I would have liked to have heard one of Magico's less "modest" systems, but they were not
available for listening the day I was present at the show.