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Have you ever wondered what high-end audio sounds like? With the High End Munich happening next month, this is the time of year when a small percentage of the population salivates over eye-wateringly expensive hi-fi, while the rest of the world shakes its head in disbelief at people spending thousands of pounds on a bit of speaker cable.
However, if you’re one of thos curious people who hasn’t heard any seriously high-end hi-fi, now could be your chance to experience a pair of speakers costing somewhere close to $400,000 dollars. Magico’s ground-breaking M7 loudspeakers are going to be showcased in London at the KJ West One store on Friday 3 May, in conjunction with UK distributor Absolute Sounds. The store will be open from 10am to 6pm; if you’d like to drop by, pop an email to info@kjwestone.co.uk.
The Magico M7 is a four-way, six-driver floorstanding loudspeaker that uses the latest Magico drive-unit technology, an organically shaped carbon- fiber-and-aluminum enclosure. The speakers are also equipped with the latest Elliptical Symmetry Crossover and a pair of these beauties will set you back a cool half a million dollars. Well, there’s no harm in listening.
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The M7 was conceived by Magico’s founder and CEO Alon Wolf as a more accessible version of the brand’s semi-active M9. The Magico engineering team was given the task of creating a passive speaker like no other. By leveraging tools like the Klippel Near-Field Scanner and a Polytec Laser Doppler vibrometer, the M7 was born.
All M7 drivers were designed to eliminate music-related distortions in both the frequency and time domains. The M7 uses the tweeter designed for the M9, a high-frequency 28mm driver with a beryllium diaphragm that is diamond coated using a chemical vapor deposition process to push the beryllium substrate closer to the theoretical ideal.
Magico engineers also created a new neodymium-based motor system that they claim results in the lowest distortion possible, alongside exceptional dynamic capability, and even greater power handling than previous designs. Finally, the acoustical performance of the back chamber was improved with careful FEA modeling.
The drivers developed specifically for the Magico M7 feature some of the most advanced technology.
The 5-inch pure midrange driver in the M7 features a Gen 8 Nano-Tec cone formed of an aluminum-honeycomb core sandwiched with outer and inner layers of graphene-infused carbon fiber. The advanced cone is supported by a newly designed basket assembly and foam surround. The all-new underhung neodymium-based motor system uses two extra-large magnets to create a super-stabilized magnetic field. A pure copper pole cap minimizes eddy currents and maximizes efficiency. T
The M7 speakers also have 9-inch midbass drivers with a newly designed basket assembly along with Magico’s Gen 8 Nano-Tec cone, consisting of an aluminum-honeycomb core sandwiched with outer and inner layers of graphene-infused carbon fiber. This drive unit has a 127mm voice coil and an underhung neodymium-based motor system with dual extra-large magnets.
The bottom end of the sound in the M7 comes via a new 12-inch bass driver that also has a new basket assembly and a Gen 8 Magico Nano-Tec cone. This drive unit has a 127mm voice coil, an underhung neodymium-based motor system using an extra-large magnet, plus a top magnet to get a super-stabilized magnetic field.
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When it comes to the cabinet, eliminating vibration and stored energy has been achieved by using a monocoque carbon-fiber shell conceived with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modeling. A multiply 6061-T6 aluminum front baffle with constrained-layer damping made from aerospace composites is attached to an aluminum rear baffle with front-to-back tensioning rods. The result, says Magico, is a cabinet that produces negligible internal resonances, enabling a minimal amount of damping—again, a design optimized conceptually and then tested until perfected.
Magico’s Elliptical Symmetry Crossover (ESXO) is used in its most advanced and costliest form in the M7. The four-way network contains components from Mundorf of Germany and Duelund Coherent Audio of Denmark. The M7’s ESXO crossover integrates the six drive units into a virtual point source so that all six drivers sound as one.
Finally, on the rear of each M7, there is a chrome plate bearing Alon Wolf’s signature. This signals Wolf’s endorsement of every M7 that leaves the Magico factory. If you want to hear whether the M7 is as good as Magico says it is, then you can get your chance to hear what all the fuss is about by contacting KJ West One if you are in London and finding out when the public can get to hear the Magico M7s. And if you do opt to buy a pair, bear in mind they weigh in at a staggering 239kg so make sure your floor can bear the weight.
Pricing & Availability: The Magico M7 speakers are shipping now and cost $375,000 / £450,000 / €525,000 per pair. The extra cost outside the U.S. is mostly down to shipping fees and import duties and sales tax.
More info: magicoaudio.com
Tech Specs:
- Configuration: 4-way, 6-driver design.
- Tweeter: MBD5D 1.1-inch (28mm) pure-beryllium, diamond-coated diaphragm. Midrange: MAG5004RTC 5-inch Gen 8 midrange driver.
- Midbass: MAG9508HE 9-inch Gen 8 midbass drivers x 2.
- Woofer: MAG12008HE 12-inch Gen 8 bass drivers x2.
- Sensitivity: 92dB.
- Impedance: 4Ω.
- Frequency response: 18Hz—50kHz.
- Recommended power: 50W—1000W.
- Dimensions (HxDxW): 164 x 73 x 49cm.
- Weight: 239kg.
