Just auditioned a pair of Magico A3 and A5 speakers to replace my 20 year old B&W 802D (1st gen diamond).
Does anyone have any experience with either of these speakers since they are not cheap.
Also, not familiar with Magico as a company. Are they reputable, how is their customer service if you have an issue, etc. My electronics are PSaudio, and their customer service is 2nd to none.
Also, how safe is it to have a Beryllium tweeted in my home. I heard that if it breaks it is very dangerous to inhale any dust particles. For instance, Focal Sopra 3 put a metal cage around their Beryllium tweeter to keep probing fingers away from it. But the Magico speaker, it is unprotected. Heck, even the speaker does not come with a dust cover.
A friend damaged a driver on his Magico speaker. He could not replace it without voiding his warranty. He had to ship his ~300lb speaker on a palate via motor freight, at his expense both ways to replace the driver, at his expense. Apparently there was no field service available. He was most unpleasant to be around for quite a while.
I used to have a pair of A5s. They have their resistor failed, I needed to ship both speakers back to their factory to replace the crossovers. I needed to pay out of pocket for the shipping ans repair. Because they deemed it’s not their faults and the cause is due to DC offset in my system, I basically turned on my amp with an unconnected RCA input instead of XLR. No other speakers have any issue but Magico, I went back and repeat the op with my Klipsch and no problem.
Long story short, I sold them. Extremely happy with my TAD CE1TX and a pair of REL no31 now. Never again Magico for me.
Here is a concern that maybe someone out here could shed some light on.
I’ve read how toxic Beryllium dust is, if a tweeter is accidentally broken, such as someone touching it and and breaking it. Brands like Focal put a metal covering over their Beryllium tweeters for safety concerns. Even, B&W puts a cover over their diamond tweeters because they are so fragile.
According to Magico it is up to the owner to never have them break.
I would think by now, that Magico would have legal issues from owners for putting something so fragile and dangerous unprotected on their speakers
Have you learned that if you crack a beryllium tweeter, that the beryllium membrane will crumble into aerosolized dust?
My wild ass guess is that Magico would not take risks with law suits regarding peoples lives, health just to offer a more zippy tweeter.
