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In the Thread: Magico: Robert Harley’s upperbass mouth.
Post Subject: Words of wisdom from Robert HarleyPosted by drdna on: 2/20/2006
I read the review of the Magico Ultimate and I have to say I was disgusted. I am sure there are many self-proclaimed audiophiles who took the TAS trembling into their bathrooms like teenage boys with the newest issue of Playboy to drool over the concupiscent descriptions of how elaborate a process it is to make the speakers and how expensive and high-quality the parts are.
There was very little indeed said about how the speakers sounded, but maybe that is not the point when you can spend $230,000 and have the designer come over to your house to set up the speakers personally. I was personally embarrassed that the three pairs made are all located in California where I am. Hopefully I am not implicated by geographic association.
However, I would still reserve judgment until I heard the speakers, not that I would ever spend anywhere near that amount, for which I could have live musicians come and play at my house every day for a few years.
Still Robert Harley does end with a statement I can agree with: "Perhaps the low-power amplifier/high-sensitivity horn-loaded loudspeaker approach... is the true path towards creating the illusion of live music in our homes."
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