Magicos are chesty

ctsooner
Many speakers are lacking in the power range (lower-midrange). The Vandersteen are notoriously weak at that region (Even JA concluded his review of your speakers with: “I remain puzzled by that lack of lower-midrange energy…”). So yes, real music does sound full at that area, and if you are not used to it, objectively “properly design” loudspeakers, like the Magicos may sound “chesty” (or should we say “full”) to you.

Eric,
To suggest that Magico does not use vocal and piano in their demos is pretty weak. Makes we wonder if you ever been to such a presentation.

@eric_squ

God I am so tempted to hack a pair. :) If only I had a bazillion dollars to blow on taking apart a speaker whose crossover I’m going to completely rework.

LOL, I suggest you call up Magico and offer your help...

Well, it certainly IS in that range. Are you guessing about the Magico's midrange construction or is that known?

The genius you are, you should know that the S1 being a 2-way, will have no midrange enclosure…

@erik_squires

Frequency response plots are hard to come buy, but the two I have seen kind of back me up.

Not really, these are all gated measurements. Once put in a room, they will have SPL boost below 200hz due to room gain and doubling up on directivity pattern. Most properly designed loudspeaker will have a similar plot ( Look at the KEF LS50 or the Revel Ultima Salon2 for example).

Nothing says music like the sound of aluminum vibrating.....

Sure, that is why airplanes are made of MDF...