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"The best passive loudspeaker I've ever reviewed" - Soundstage.com "The V2 may be the speaker to beat in the under-$20k bracket." - Neil Gador, The Absolute SoundA coalescence of ambitious design and deft execution, the new Magico V2 loudspeaker embodies the spirit of the Mini II in the acclaimed V Series floor-standing enclosure design! Audio Revelation is a full line Magico dealer and has the V2's and V3's in house and ready for demonstration. Testimonials (on all Magico speakers)"The sophisticated crossover is a masterpiece to admire, with a parts list that rivals the entire cost of many loudspeakers! Although its coherence can give even dedicated two-ways a run for the money, the V2 truly begins to shine when you start throwing complexities its way...The totality of execution is superb. Its performance echoes the musicality of the company's no-holds-barred efforts...The V2 may be the speaker to beat in the under-$20k bracket." - Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound, Issue 202, April - May, 2010 "...no other speaker I've reviewed that's built this way has this quality of performance, with next to no weaknesses... If topflight sound from a moderately sized floorstander is what you want, Magico's beautifully built V2 more than delivers... It's a true audiophile-grade performer with an overall sound quality that makes it the best passive loudspeaker I've ever reviewed." - Doug Schneider, Soundstage.com, (read the review)
"Magico's V3 is an astonishing achivement in loudspeaker design, delivering a level of performance that is in may ways competitive with $100k loudspeakers... The V3 has a timbral realism and palpability in the midrange that approach the state of the art. Properly set up and driven by sources of commensurate quality, the V3 is muscially transcendental." - Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound 
Golden Ear Award, The Absolute Sound, 2008
"The V3's special qualities are instantly obvious, and immediately identify the V3 as not just another loudspeaker. The V3 has three characteristics that are, in my experience, state of the art, and which combine synergistically to make this such a musically rewarding and compelling loudspeaker. Those three qualities are the richness, density and truthfulness of tone color; the palpability and tangibility of instrumental images; and the resolution and separation of individual instrument lines. Any one of these qualities would have made the V3 a great loudspeaker, but with all three present simultaneously, the effect is jawdropping.
To fully appreciate just what an achievment this loudspeaker is, you must hear it firsthand for yourself. But be forewarned; once you've heard your favorite music reproduced at this level of musical intimacy, there's no going back." - Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound, Issue 179, February, 2008 "...its combination of the V3's low-frequency majesty and definition, its clean, grain-free high frequencies, and the superbly transparent window it opens on the recorded soundstage, all make it a shoe-in for Class A in this magazine's "Recommended Components" listing... I found the Magico's presentation addictive." - John Atkinson, Stereophile, May, 2008 (read the review) "the most thoroughly, knowledgeably, and successfully engineered mini-monitors the high end has yet seen." "These exquisitely made, stand mounted two-ways... have everything I most prize about loudspeakers: liveliness, neutrality, openness, bloom, presence, natural size and scale, and seamless, single driver coherence." - Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound Issue 163, Best Sound at CES award "Nothing prepared me for the (CES) show's sonic ballbusters... this alone made the (CES) trip worthwhile" - Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound "...incredibly open, detailed, and lively..." - W. Garcia, The Absolute Sound Issue 161, 2006 CES Report "...the most radical two-way two-driver monitor ever stuck into a small box..." - Srajan Ebaen, 6Moons.com "Beautifully constructed with a refined combination of gentleness and forcefullness: performs gracefully with sensational sound... An artistic speaker - the delicacy of the wood and metal combination performs with true substance." - Stereo Sound (Japan), Issue 154 "Superb sense of vision and aesthetic by the designer. A new discovery of a richly sensitive and fresh speaker system!" - Makoto Fujioko, A&V Village, "From the first model, amazingly high end!! The main cabinet and the stand are delicately matched! An extreme sound design yet it performs musically!" - Ichiro Igrashi, Radio Gijyutsu Magazine "The speakers really took me by surprise, by storm even... The sound is big, big, big. Not in the bloated sense, but big like lifelike sound is... To me, it was almost - I said almost - worth putting up with Vegas to make discoveries like this one... It puts that old thrill back in high-end audio." - HP's Workshop, The Absolute Sound Issue 161 "...this stand-mounted two-way bowled me over with its staggeringly realistic rendering of timbre, huge and nuanced spatial presentation, and wonderfully direct musical communication." - Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound, Best Sound at CES award Overview As the culmination of more than 15 years of research and development, the V2 draws on the Magico heritage of advanced scientific research, proprietary driver technology, superb cabinet construction, and meticulous attention to detail. The V2 incorporates the same exacting and rigorous Magico "no compromise" implementation that defines all of their loudspeakers. Utilizing a unique 2.5-way configuration, it combines the coherence of a 2-way with the exceptional dynamic expression associated with their multi-way offerings. Containing two 7" Nano-Tec® drivers operating on separate circuits and mounted at different depths on a "zero horizontal-diffraction" baffle, the V2 is capable of delivering a highly resolved and seamless musical presentation, particularly through the critical mid-bass frequencies. This ambitious design also employs all of Magico's signature engineering innovations-rear mounted drivers coupled to an aircraft-grade 6061-T aluminum baffle, a 17-ply vertically stacked Baltic Birch cabinet, and a tension-coupling mechanism, which uses unique aluminum rods and fasteners to create a hermetically sealed, acoustically inert platform. When combined with a proprietary tweeter and Elliptical Symmetry Crossover (ESXO®), the end result is a truly magnificent loudspeaker, one that represents Magico's unyielding commitment to designing and producing the most advanced loudspeaker systems in the world. Specifications- Dimensions: H: 42" (105 cm) D: 12" (30 cm) W: 10" (25 cm)
- Weight: 120 lbs (55 Kg)
- Driver Complement: 1" Mr_1 Ring Radiator tweeter 2 X 7" Nano-Tec woofers
- Sensitivity: 89 db Impedance: 4 ohms
- Frequency Response: 32Hz-40KHz Recommended Power:
- 50-300 Watts
The V2 will begin shipping mid Q1 of 2009.
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