Robert Harley von „The Absolute Sound“ hat Magico in Kalifornien besucht und einen ersten Höreindruck der Q 7 Mk II mit den neuen Treibern gewonnen. Sein Fazit:
„I could easily hear the difference in the new diaphragm material in the midrange driver. The mids had greater resolution, transient speed, and more lifelike tone colors. Each note on lightning-fast runs of acoustic guitar was more clearly articulated, making the original Q7 sound slightly smeared by comparison. I could also more clearly differentiate each instrument’s timbre, making the overall presentation sound more like an ensemble of individual instruments, each with its own vivid tone color.
Although the Mk II’s bass drivers are the same as those in the original, I heard an improvement in the bottom end that could be the result of the room, or perhaps the greater midrange clarity made the bass sound more articulate and precise.
The Mk.II takes the Q7 – and Magico – in a surprising new direction. It’s not as though Magico set out to fundamentally change the sound of its loudspeakers; it simply developed a new tweeter that turned out to greatly reduce the mechanical artifacts that are a reminder that we’re hearing a reproduction rather than the real thing. This new tweeter, coupled with the improvement in the midrange diaphragm and the crossover revision, does for the Q7 something I wouldn’t have thought possible: significantly improved what was already in my view the state of the art in loudspeakers.“
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